give up

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give up

  1. verb, to abandon hope (for)
  2. verb, to renounce (an activity, belief, etc)
  3. verb, to relinquish or resign from
  4. (and 4 more)

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Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008

 

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  1. I have given up smoking
  2. he gave up the presidency
  3. the escaped convict gave himself up
  4. she gave herself up to caring for the sick

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