"give outline" is correct and usable in written English.
You could use it when you want to ask someone to provide a summary of a particular topic or issue. For example, "Can you give outline of the upcoming budget for the project?".
It gave outline and shape to xenophobia, which the result animated.
Ever since the three pilots were given outline approval in last June's Digital Britain white paper, they have been fiercely opposed by the Conservatives.
It was given outline planning permission and then a small group of nostalgia fetishists got about 3,500 signatures together against it.
Medway council has already referred material on the future of ministry of defence land at Lodge Hill on the Hoo peninsular, to the communities secretary Eric Pickles and Natural England, the government's advisory body, after its planning committee gave outline permission.
Plans to build 726 new homes on arable farmland, north of Whitelands Farm, Bicester, were given outline planning permission on Thursday.
Plans to build a new housing estate and primary school in Oxford have been given outline planning approval.
Plans to build 100 homes on greenbelt land in north Staffordshire, near an underground colliery fire, have been given outline planning permission.
Sadkaa, zakat and fitra can help the needy: In Islam there is strong support of helping the needy through sadkaa, zakat and fitra (types of voluntary giving outlined in the Qu'ran).
A full description of the apparatus is given, outlining the range of the methods which can be applied to the production of high-purity advanced materials for research purposes.
This contrasts starkly with Medal of Honor ceremonies, where a citation is given outlining an individual's achievements.
