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Meaning of give vent to | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Polski dać folgę dawać folgę

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.
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See also

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

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