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give off

verb

  1. tr, adverb to emit or discharge

    the mothballs gave off an acrid odour

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Idioms and Phrases

Send out, emit, as in Certain chemical changes give off energy , or This mixture gives off a very strange odor . [Early 1800s]
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It presented a kind of calmness in the face of Trump, giving off a vibe along the lines of: do your best Washington, this is China and we're not interested in your nonsense.

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That sense of experiencing something special for the first time is part of the key to the event’s success, giving off an energy of invention and revelation.

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Mr Elias said: "Once he turns away from you and gets into the vehicle he doesn't give off any threat."

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Ministers want to give off a sense of demonstrable toughness, visible muscularity.

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He's giving off so much "divorced guy" energy — think Ben Affleck or Kanye West — that social media platforms are abuzz with speculation that Zuckerberg's wife, who he met in college, has left him.

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