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give up

[phrasal verb]
: to stop an activity or effort : to admit that you cannot do something and stop trying : quit放弃;认输
give (something) up or give up (something)
: to stop having, doing, or using (something)停止做(某事);放弃(某事)
: to stop trying to do (something)停止,放弃(努力)
sports : to allow (a score, a hit, etc.) by an opposing team or player让(对方)得分
give (yourself) up : to surrender (yourself) as a prisoner投案;自首;投降
give (someone) up
: to stop trying to improve the condition of (someone) because it seems hopeless对(某人)不再抱希望
: to stop having hope of seeing (someone)(对见到某人)不再抱有希望
give (yourself) up to (something) : to allow (yourself) to be fully affected by, controlled by, or involved in (something)沉溺于;致力于
give up on (someone)
: to stop trying to improve the condition of (someone)对(某人)不再抱希望
: to stop having hope of seeing (someone)对见到(某人)不再抱有希望
give up on (something) : to stop trying to do or achieve (something)放弃做(某事)
⇒ Main Entry: 1 give

give up

verb

gave up; given up; giving up; gives up

transitive verb

1
: to yield control or possession of : surrender
forced to give up his job
2
: to desist from : abandon
refused to give up her efforts
3
: to declare incurable or insoluble
4
a
: to abandon (oneself) to a particular feeling, influence, or activity
gave himself up to despair
b
: to devote to a particular purpose or use
5
: to despair of seeing
we'd given you up
6
: to allow (a hit or run in baseball) while pitching

intransitive verb

: to cease doing or attempting something especially as an admission of defeat : quit
often used with on
don't give up on the project
Phrases
give up the ghost
: to cease to live or function : die

Example Sentences

was in so much debt he had to give up his house and move into a cheaper apartment I hope you won't give up playing the piano.
Recent Examples on the Web The Rams had put together the idea of a two-year deal so that St. John Bosco would give up its home game next year. Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2022 Miami also had too many men on the field earlier in the series to give up a first down. David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2022 These days people would rather miss rent payments than give up their cellphone, and most are locked into two-year contracts. Spencer Jakab, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 In years of often fruitless negotiations with its neighbor, South Korea's leaders have routinely dangled economic incentives for Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons. Michelle Ye Hee Lee And, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2022 Then this week, Orange stopped taking appointments for pet owners to give up their animals at its shelter on Conroy Road near the Mall at Millenia. Martin E. Comas, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2022 Weather plays a role so don’t give up on a variety for one bad year. oregonlive, 14 Aug. 2022 Colin Holderman, Wil Crowe and Eric Stout combined to give up one run over 3 2/3 innings. David Brandt, The Arizona Republic, 12 Aug. 2022 An entire supply chain of rare minerals, semiconductors, batteries and financing has to fall into place before Americans give up their combustion engines. Steven Mufson, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of give up was in the 13th century

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