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give_up
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[ verb ] lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime
Synonyms Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)Keegan , a 6 - foot - 3 - inch 158 - pounder , gave_up the Orioles ' last two safeties over the final three frames , escaping a load of trouble in the ninth when the Birds threatened but failed to tally . (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)His unsuccessful strivings to give_up drink are represented as religious strivings ; he keeps a bottle in a wardrobe at home , and `` before this wardrobe Praisegod_Piepsam had before now gone literally on his knees , and in his wrestlings had bitten his tongue - and still in_the_end capitulated '' . |
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[ verb ] give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat
Examples "In the second round, the challenger gave up" Used in print (Jane Gilmore Rushing, "Against the Moon,"...)So Linda_Kay gave_up asking , and accepted her reprieve . |
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[ verb ] give up with the intent of never claiming again
Synonyms 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" Used in print (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)They will - when they give_up the donkey and the elephant . (Ruth F. Rosevear, "North Country School Cares for...)`` To give_up these notions required a revolution in thought '' , Mr._Clark said in reminiscing about the abrupt_changes in ideas he experienced when he began reading `` Organic_Gardening '' and `` Modern_Nutrition '' in a search for help with his problems . (Richard B. Morris, "Seven Who Set Our Destiny"...)Hamilton , poorest of the seven , gave_up a brilliant law_practice to enter Washington 's Cabinet . Related terms |
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[ verb ] part with a possession or right
Synonyms Examples "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest" "resign a claim to the throne" Used in print (Philip Jos‚ Farmer, The Lovers....)Neither nation would give_up their claim on it , yet neither wished to make any move that might lead to a second Apocalyptic_War . Related terms |
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[ verb ] to give up as not strictly needed: he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey.
Synonyms Used in print (W. H. Gass, "The Pedersen Kid," in The...)He 'd not care about getting waked so he could give_up some of his whisky to a slit of a kid and maybe lose one of his hiding_places in_the_bargain . Related terms |
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[ verb ] put an end to a state or an activity
Synonyms Examples "Quit teasing your little brother" Used in print (Frances and Richard Lockridge, Murder Has...)The boy had , apparently - if Mrs._MacReady was right in what she had told Mullins - only in recent months been forced to give_up college , to work as a busboy . (George Harmon Coxe, Error of Judgement....)Each time he got the same answer and in_the_end he gave_up . |
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[ verb ] (work) 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" Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)Whee the People : Lovely_Thrush_Annamorena gave_up a promising show_biz career to apply glamor touches to her hubby , Ray_Lenobel 's fur firm here . (Time, 77: 3...)It gets so frustrating , but then_again I do n't know what I could do if I gave_up racing '' . Related terms |
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[ verb ] stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas, claims, etc.
Examples "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage" "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations" Used in print (Irving Fineman, Woman of Valor: The Life of Henrietta...)She could not resist the opportunity `` of showing her superiority in argument over a man '' which she had remarked as one of the `` feminine follies '' of Sara_Sullam ; and in her forthright way , Henrietta , who in her story of Sara had indicated her own unwillingness `` to think_of men as the privileged '' and `` women as submissive and yielding '' , felt obliged to defend vigorously any statement of hers to which Morris_Jastrow took the slightest exception - he objected to her stand on the Corbin affair , as_well_as on the radical reforms of Dr._Wise of Hebrew_Union_College - until once , in sheer desperation , he wrote that he had given_up hope they would ever agree on anything . (Dolores Hitchens, Footsteps in the Night....)Sure , they 're giving_up hope . |
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[ verb ] give up or agree to forego to the power or possession of another
Synonyms Examples "The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered" Used in print (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)It was thickly_settled by fifteen thousand citizens and laid_out into pig infested streets , mostly around the Battery , going bravely north to Wall_Street , but giving_up and becoming fields and farms in the region of Harlem_Heights . Related terms |
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[ verb ] (baseball) allow the other team to score
Synonyms Examples : "give up a run", in baseball Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)Rookie southpaw George_Stepanovich relieved Hyde at_the_start of the ninth and gave_up the A 's fifth tally on a walk to second_baseman Dick_Howser , a wild_pitch , and Frank_Cipriani 's single under Shortstop Jerry_Adair 's glove into center . |
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[ verb ] refrain from consuming
Synonyms Examples "You will have to forgo alcohol" Used in print (Los Angeles Times...)Giving_up the violin opened a whole new career for Ilona_Schmidl-Seeberg , a tiny Hungarian who Fritz_Kreisler had predicted would have a promising career on the concert stage . Related terms |
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