gave out
Handed things around
Gave out means distributed or dispensed: The teacher gave out the tests.
It also means stopped functioning or failed from exhaustion: My legs gave out halfway up the mountain, The old furnace finally gave out.
A third sense is emitted or released: The flowers gave out a sweet fragrance.
- failedDid not succeed
- emitRelease outward
- hand outDistribute to recipients
- buckledFailed under stress
- faintedLost consciousness briefly
exhausted · distribute · break down · passed out · release · collapse · dispensed · conked out · fell apart · announce · falter · petered out · wear out · died · yielded · malfunction · transmitted · broadcast
- brokenbroken, busted, broken down, out of order, not working
- diminisheddevalued, lessened, decreased, depreciated, reduced
- malfunction termsbroke, crashed, failed, froze, glitched