At the end of the race his legs gave out and he collapsed on the ground.

[살점]

give out
— phrasal verb with give verb

If a machine or part of your body gives out, it stops working:

At the end of the race his legs gave out and he collapsed on the ground.

The batteries are likely to give out soon.

He was old and his heart just gave out.

Irish English informal
to complain about something:

After this win hopefully people will stop giving out to the team and the coach.

She's running out of things to give out about.


give out
— phrasal verb with give verb
US /ɡɪv/
present participle giving | past tense gave | past participle given
(NOT CONTINUE)

to last no longer, or to work no longer:
Food supplies will give out by the end of the week.