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Give up

verb

1.

Lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime. Synonyms: forego, forfeit, forgo, throw overboard, waive. "Forfeited property" Antonym: claim.

2.

Give up with the intent of never claiming again. Synonym: abandon. "She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti" , "We gave the drowning victim up for dead"

3.

Give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat. Synonyms: chuck up the sponge, drop by the wayside, drop out, fall by the wayside, quit, throw in, throw in the towel. Antonym: enter.

4.

Put an end to a state or an activity. Synonyms: cease, discontinue, lay off, quit, stop. Antonym: continue.

5.

Give up what is not strictly needed. Synonyms: dispense with, part with, spare.

6.

Part with a possession or right. Synonyms: free, release, relinquish, resign. "Resign a claim to the throne"

7.

Leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily. Synonyms: renounce, resign, vacate. "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"

8.

Relinquish possession or control over. Synonyms: cede, deliver, surrender.

9.

Give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another. Synonym: surrender. Antonym: resist.

10.

Stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims. Synonym: abandon. "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations"

11.

Allow the other (baseball) team to score. Synonym: allow.

12.

Stop consuming. Synonym: kick. "Give up alcohol"

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"Give up" Quotes from Famous Books

... their course along the northern shore of Lake Michigan, then steered south-west until they reached the mouth of the Menominee river, flowing into Green Bay. Here they rested for a brief period among friendly Menominees, who tried to persuade them to give up their venture. According to the Menominees, the banks of the Mississippi were infested by savage tribes who tortured and slew all intruders into their domains. As this did not seem sufficient to discourage Jolliet and Marquette, they added that ...

— The Jesuit Missions: - A Chronicle of the Cross in the Wilderness • Thomas Guthrie Marquis

... but one course open to her—to give up Laurence, and that without explanations. For his own sake she had to keep silent—just as Hunter had known she would. What Laurence must think of her, even the loss of his affection and respect, would be part of the price paid for having been ...

— Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man • Marie Conway Oemler

... of ideas coursed through the hairdresser's head. Was this policeman "after" the goddess upstairs? Did he know anything more? Would it be better to give up the statue at once and get rid of it? But then—his ring would ...

— The Tinted Venus - A Farcical Romance • F. Anstey

... the 17th a man I chanced to speak to told me that a rumour is afloat that the Kaiser was suing for peace through the Pope. This I give no heed to, but to-day we have it on better authority, and it is said he is prepared to give up Belgium, Poland, and Alsace-Lorraine. He will have to give these up and a great deal more, nothing but unconditional surrender will be listened to, with partition of his fleet among the Allies. The Emperor of Austria is also said ...

— The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" • George Davidson

... Corsair kind of thing—glooms and daggers—so it was a duel he was thinking of? But they are not really going to fight, Miss Ross," continued Miss Burgoyne, who had grown quite friendly. "You know people can't give up an engagement at a theatre to go and fight a duel: it's only French gentlemen who have no occupation who do that sort of thing. A duel?—a real, actual duel—do you ...

— Prince Fortunatus • William Black

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