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give out

With or without an object

Distribute something to people

Volunteers were giving out free water at the finish line.

Stop working or fail (no object)

Her voice gave out halfway through the speech.

With or without an object

It can be used with no object, and it can also take one. With an object it is usually separable: turn the volume up, turn it up.

The particle: out

This verb belongs to the group ‘giving to many people’.

Others in the group: hand out, send out.