Give something away
- to give it to someone
- to betray something
My coat is very old. I'm going to give it away.
Please don't give my secret away!
Give someone away
- to betray someone
The spy said that he was French but his strong accent gave him away.
Give back
- to restore a thing to its owner
Can you lend me some money? I will give it back next week.
Give in
- to yield, to surrender
You know that you are not going to win so you'd better give in.
Give something in
- to submit something
Remember to give in your name if you want to be considered to membership.
Give something out
- to announce
- to distribute, to issue
They gave out the names of the Oscar winners.
The young girl gave out the leaflets to the passers-by.
Give out
- to come to an end, to be used up
- to stop functioning
The petrol gave out just after we'd got home.
The engine gave out when we were 10 kilometres from out destination.
Give up
- to stop trying to do something
Because I couldn't guess the correct answer so finally I gave up.
Give someone up
- to surrender, to betray someone
- no longer to expect someone to come
When they found out that he was a spy they decided to give him up to the authorities.
They had already given Alan up, when suddenly he arrived.
Give something up
- to surrender, to stop something
- to devote time to something
I'm not going to give my job up unless they give me the sack.
All our weekends are given up to cycling.
Give up something
- to stop doing or having something
- to abandon something
After he gave up smoking his health improved significantly.
They gave up the search for the survivors of the ship wreck.