Phrasal verbs with give are common in everyday English and carry a wide range of meanings. The verb give usually means “to hand, present, or offer something,” but when combined with particles (up, in, out, away, back), it forms many expressions with new senses.
For example:
- give up = to stop doing something or surrender,
- give in = to finally agree or yield,
- give out = to distribute or stop working,
- give away = to donate or reveal a secret,
- give back = to return something.
The key to learning phrasal verbs with give is to notice the particle: up often means stopping, in suggests yielding, out can mean distributing, back returning.
Mastering these expressions will help you understand natural English in conversations, books, and films, and make your own speech richer.
List of phrasal verbs with give
give away
to donate something for free
give back
return something to its owner
give forth
to emit (a sound, smell, light, etc.)
give in
to stop resisting, to surrender
give into
to yield or surrender to something
give off
to emit (a smell, light, heat, gas, etc.)
give onto
to open onto (a space, street, view, etc.)
give out
to distribute something to people
give over
to stop (doing something)
give up
to stop trying or quit doing something
give way
to yield or collapse