Give

1)Give something away: To let someone know something that should be kept secret, often by mistake.

Usage:
If you tell her any more you’ll give the end of the film away.
It was meant to be a surprise until Caroline gave it away.
You don’t want to give too much away about a product before it’s on the market.

Give-away
noun
something given free to a customer
I was amazed by the number of give-aways you get when you fly first-class.

2) Give in
to finally agree to what someone wants after a period when you refuse to agree.

Usage:
He nagged me so much to buy him a new bike that eventually I just gave in.

3) Give over!
Something that you say in order to tell someone to be quiet, or to stop doing something that is annoying you.

Usage:
‘Can I have 50p to buy some sweets, Mum?’ ‘Oh, give over! I’ve given you £2 already today.’

4) Give up (sth) or give (sth) up

If you give up a habit [e.g. smoking, drinking] or give up something unhealthy [e.g. cigarettes, alcohol], you stop doing it or having it.

Usage:
I gave up smoking six months ago.
Don’t offer him a cigarette - he’s given up.
I gave up alcohol while I was pregnant.

5) Give up sth or give sth up
To stop doing a regular activity or a job

Usage:
Are you going to give up work when you have your baby?
I had to give up French classes because I just didn’t have time.

6) Give up (sth/doing sth) or give (sth) up
To stop doing an activity or piece of work before you have completed it, usually because it is too difficult.

Usage:
I’ve given up trying to persuade Sara to come - she’s just not interested.

7) Give up sb or give sb up
To stop being friendly with someone, or to stop having a relationship with someone.

Usage:
He wanted me to give up all my male acquaintances and I just wouldn’t do it.

Give up on sb
To stop hoping that someone will do what you want them to do.

Usage:
You’re here at last. We’d almost given up on you! (= we had started to think that you were not coming)
He’d been unconscious for so long that the doctors had given up on him.

9) Give up on sth: To stop hoping that something will achieve what you want it to achieve

Usage:
I’ve given up on aerobics. It just wasn’t making any difference to my body.

10) I would give anything
Used to say that you would like to have or to do something very much.

Usage:
I’d give anything to see the Taj Mahal.

11) Give it a whirl
To attempt to do something, often for the first time.

Usage:
I’ve never danced salsa before but I’ll give it a whirl.

12) give sb a hard time: To make things difficult or unpleasant for someone.

Usage:
Her kids always give her a hard time when she takes them shopping.
My mother gave me a really hard time (= was angry with me) about staying out late.

13) Give your word:To promise.

Usage:
He gave his word that he would marry her and she had no cause to doubt him.

14) Give sth a go:To attempt something.
Usage:
Only a few people are successful as sports professionals, but it’s worth giving it a go.