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GIVE VENT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give expression or utterance to

Example:

The graduates gave vent to cheers

Synonyms:

give vent; vent; ventilate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "give vent" is one way to...):

evince; express; show (give expression to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

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