Local English word record

give out

verb · 4 senses

stop operating or functioning

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Examples

  • The engine finally went
  • The car died on the road
  • The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town
  • The coffee maker broke
  • The engine failed on the way to town

Word relationships

Synonyms

fail, go bad, give way, die, conk out, go, break, break down

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This page uses the locally materialized K5English vocabulary cohort. WordNet, where present, is enrichment only and does not determine K-5 admission.

Princeton WordNet 3.0