Definition of give up Give up
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| give up - allow the other (baseball) team to score; "give up a run" | ||
| allow | ||
| give up - put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother" | ||
| discontinue, stop, cease, quit, lay off | ||
| uphold, bear on, carry on, preserve, continue stand up for; stick up for; of causes, principles, or ideals | ||
| knock off, drop give birth; used for animals; "The cow dropped her calf this morning" | ||
| leave off stop using; "leave off your jacket--no need to wear it here" | ||
| sign off cease broadcasting; get off the air; as of radio stations | ||
| retire, withdraw cause to get out; "The pitcher retired three batters"; "the runner was put out at third base" | ||
| pull the plug prevent from happening or continuing; "The government pulled the plug on spending" | ||
| close off, shut off block off the passage through; "We shut off the valve" | ||
| cheese wind onto a cheese; "cheese the yarn" | ||
| call it a day, call it quits stop doing what one is doing; "At midnight, the student decided to call it quits and closed his books" | ||
| break weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death" | ||
| give up - 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" | ||
| forfeit, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego | ||
| lay claim, arrogate, claim make undue claims to having | ||
| abandon 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" | ||
| lapse drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards | ||
| give up - give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another; "The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered" | ||
| surrender | ||
| stand firm, withstand, hold out, resist wait uncompromisingly for something desirable; "He held out for the dessert and did not touch the cheeses" | ||
| yield consent reluctantly | ||
| abnegate deny or renounce; "They abnegated their gods" | ||
| concede be willing to concede; "I grant you this much" | ||
| capitulate surrender under agreed conditions | ||
| give up - relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in" | ||
| surrender, cede, deliver | ||
| gift, present, give bring forward and present to the mind; "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason" | ||
| yield up surrender, as a result of pressure or force | ||
| sell persuade somebody to accept something; "The French try to sell us their image as great lovers" | ||
| sign away, sign over formally assign ownership of; "She signed away her rights" | ||
| give up - part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne" | ||
| release, relinquish, resign, free | ||
| hand, pass on, reach, turn over, pass, give guide or conduct or usher somewhere; "hand the elderly lady into the taxi" | ||
| derequisition release from government control | ||
| sacrifice, give kill or destroy; "The animals were sacrificed after the experiment"; "The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment" | ||
| give up - 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" | ||
| vacate, resign, renounce | ||
| leave office, step down, resign, quit give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal" | ||
| abdicate, renounce give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee" | ||
| give up - 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" | ||
| abandon | ||
| cave in, fall in, founder, give way, collapse, give, break to take one's place in a military formation or line; "Troops fall in!" | ||
| move over, ease up, give way, yield, give move in order to make room for someone for something; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd" | ||
| give 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" | ||
| abandon | ||
| foreswear, relinquish, renounce, quit turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever" | ||
| give up - give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up" | ||
| drop out, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw in, throw in the towel, quit, chuck up the sponge | ||
| participate, enter share in something | ||
| give up - stop consuming; "kick a habit"; "give up alcohol" | ||
| kick | ||
| foreswear, waive, dispense with, forego, forgo, relinquish turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever" | ||
| give up - give up what is not strictly needed; "he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey" | ||
| spare, part with, dispense with | ||
| give proffer (a body part); "She gave her hand to her little sister" | ||
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Wiktionary 
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give up
To stop to oppose or resist. -
give up
To put an end to a state or an activity. -
give up
To give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another. -
give up
To relinquish possession or control of to another because of demand or compulsion. -
give up
To stop consuming (e.g. alcohol).
