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Meaning of give vent to | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To utter; to produce (a sound).
To express (an emotion, opinion, etc.).

Examples

“[…]the news I had just received, struck me as the wildest, most ridiculous incongruity I had ever heard of or imagined,—and I gave vent to a shout of laughter.”

“Be calm! I entreat you to hear me before you give vent to your hatred on my devoted head.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

give voice give way give weight give what for give with one hand and take away with the other give zero fucks