give away
phrasal verbgive somebody away
- (in a marriage ceremony) to lead the bride to the bridegroom and formally allow her to marry him
- The bride was given away by her father.
give something away
- to give something as a gift
- He gave away most of his money to charity.
- (informal) Check out the prices of our pizzas—we're virtually giving them away!
- to present something
- The mayor gave away the prizes at the school sports day.
- to carelessly allow somebody to have an advantage
- They've given away two goals already.
give something/somebody away
- to make known something that somebody wants to keep secret synonym betray
- She gave away state secrets to the enemy.
- It was supposed to be a surprise but the children gave the game away.
- His voice gave him away (= showed who he really was).