give up
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Definition
Verb (Transitive):
- To stop doing, having, or attempting something; to cease an activity or habit.
- To relinquish or surrender something, such as a possession, right, or claim.
- To stop trying to do something because it is too difficult or because you accept you cannot succeed.
- To deliver or hand over someone or something.
Verb (Intransitive):
- To admit defeat; to stop trying or competing.
Examples of Usage
Verb (Transitive):
- He decided to give up smoking for his health.
- The fugitive was forced to give up his weapon to the police.
- I give up; I can't solve this puzzle. Can you tell me the answer?
- She had to give up her seat on the bus for an elderly passenger.
Verb (Intransitive):
- Don't give up! Keep trying and you will succeed.
- The team refused to give up, even when they were losing.
Advanced Usage
"give up on (someone/something)": To stop hoping that someone will improve or that something will happen.
- His teacher never gave up on him, even when he was struggling.
- I've given up on the idea of getting a promotion this year.
"give oneself up": To surrender oneself to an authority.
- After a long chase, the criminal gave himself up to the authorities.
"give up for dead/lost": To believe that someone is dead or that something is lost and cannot be recovered.
- After three days at sea, they were almost given up for dead.
Variants and Related Words
- Give-up (noun): In finance, a transaction where one broker transfers a client's order to another broker for execution.
- Given up (adjective): Describing something that has been abandoned or relinquished.
Synonyms
- Abandon: To leave completely and finally.
- Relinquish: To voluntarily cease to keep or claim.
- Surrender: To yield to the power or control of another.
- Quit: To stop, cease, or discontinue.
- Forfeit: To lose or lose the right to something as a penalty.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Give in: To yield or surrender, often after pressure or argument.
- He finally gave in to their demands.
- Give over (to): To devote or set aside for a particular purpose.
- The building was given over to community use.
Related Idioms
- "Don't give up the day job": A humorous way to tell someone they are not very good at something they are trying to do, implying they should not pursue it professionally.
- After hearing him sing, his friend said, "Don't give up the day job."
- "Give up the ghost": To die or stop working completely (often used for machines).
- My old car finally gave up the ghost on the highway.
Verb
- stop consuming
- kick a habit
- give up alcohol
- allow the other (baseball) team to score
- give up a run
- stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims
- He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage
- Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations
- give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another
- The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered
- relinquish possession or control over
- The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in
- leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
- She vacated the position when she got pregnant
- The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds
- part with a possession or right
- I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest
- resign a claim to the throne
- give up what is not strictly needed
- he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey
- put an end to a state or an activity
- Quit teasing your little brother
- give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat
- In the second round, the challenger gave up
- give up with the intent of never claiming again
- 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
- lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
- you've forfeited your right to name your successor
- forfeited property