Meaning of give up in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Verb
    1. Definitions

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  1. Verb

    give up

    Definitions

    1. lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime

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  2. 2. give up with the intent of never claiming again

    Examples

    • « Abandon your life to God »
    • « She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti »
    • « We gave the drowning victim up for dead »

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  3. 3. give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope

    Examples

    • « admit defeat »
    • « In the second round, the challenger gave up »

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  4. 4. put an end to a state or an activity

    Examples

    • « Quit teasing your little brother »

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  5. 5. give up what is not strictly needed

    Examples

    • « he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey »
  6. 6. part with a possession or right

    Examples

    • « I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest »
    • « resign a claim to the throne »

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  7. 7. leave (a job, post, post, or position) voluntarily

    Examples

    • « She vacated the position when she got pregnant »
    • « The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds »

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  8. 8. relinquish possession or control over

    Examples

    • « The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in »

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  9. 9. give up or agree to forego to the power or possession of another

    Examples

    • « The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered »

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  10. 10. stop maintaining or insisting on

    Examples

    • « of ideas, claims, etc. »
    • « He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage »
    • « Both sides have to give up some calims in these negociations »

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  11. 11. allow the other (baseball) team to score

    Examples

    • « give up a run »
  12. 12. refrain from consuming

    Examples

    • « You will have to forgo alcohol »

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  • « I will keep smiling, be positive and never give up! I will give 100 percent each time I play. These are always my goals and my attitude. »
    Yani Tseng
  • « We will have to give up the hope that, if we try hard, we somehow will always do right by our children. The connection is imperfect. We will sometimes do wrong. »
    Judith Viorst
  • « The reasons why I left were to do with my interest in Buddhism. There were experiences over a period of about six months which caused me to decide to give up music, so one morning I felt I had to go to E.G. Management and tell them. »
    Jamie Muir
  • « If you want to give up the admiration of thousands of men for the distain of one, go ahead, get married. »
    Katharine Hepburn
  • « All I do is play music and golf - which one do you want me to give up? »
    Willie Nelson

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