Usually means: Cease to function; become exhausted.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word give out:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. give out: Merriam-Webster
  2. give out: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. give out: Collins English Dictionary
  4. give out: Vocabulary.com
  5. give out: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. give out: Wiktionary
  7. give out: Dictionary.com
  8. give out: Rhymezone
  9. give out: FreeDictionary.org
  10. give out: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. give out: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. give out: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. give out: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. give out: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. give out: Idioms

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. give out: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. give out: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. give out: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (give out)

verb:  (transitive) To utter, publish; to announce, proclaim, report.
verb:  (transitive) To announce (a hymn) to be sung; to read out (the words) for the congregation to sing.
verb:  (transitive) To send forth, emit; to cause to be sent forth.
verb:  To put forth, utter (prayers).
verb:  (transitive) To issue; to distribute.
verb:  (intransitive) To cease functioning in some way.
verb:  (intransitive, of persons) To desist.
verb:  To desist through exhaustion of strength or patience.
verb:  (of an implement, a limb, a machine, etc.) To break down, get out of order, fail.
verb:  (of a supply) To run short, come to an end.
verb:  (intransitive, Ireland, UK, idiomatic) To complain, sulk, chastise.
verb:  (intransitive, slang) To pretend or act as if something is true.
verb:  (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To express oneself intensely emotionally, either by talking or in a musical performance.

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