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give something away1Reveal something secret: he gave away naval secrets...- Mr Atkinson wasn't giving any secrets away but advised: ‘If you get your ingredients right in the first place and put them together properly you are on to a winner.’
- Without giving any secrets away or anticipating the future, do you see the current structure continuing when the two organisations come together in 2005?
- The Prince asked Mrs Throup about the secret recipe but she told him: ‘I'm afraid we never give our secrets away.’
Synonyms reveal, disclose, divulge, let slip, leak, let out; give the game away 2(In sport) concede a goal or advantage to the opposition, especially through careless play: the goal we gave away was a bit sloppy...- We gave a bad goal away minutes before half-time and ended up chasing the game in the second half.
- We can't keep giving silly goals away like we are at present.
- I was quite cross about the goal because we gave the ball away in the corner.
3Australian / NZ Stop doing something: he’d given away some of the things he got up to...- The show is such a part of my life, and I can't see myself giving it away anytime soon.
- He's hoping his mother and sister will also give the smokes away.
- If you really want to be a singer then give the smokes away now.
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