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Give up

adj, verb, slang

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Become fully taken over by a certain quality, activity, trait, etc. US, dialectal

    "And now She Seems give up to Sin / Too much neglecting grace within"

Verb
  1. 1
    To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone). transitive

    "He was surrounded, so gave himself up."

  2. 2
    stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims wordnet
  3. 3
    To relinquish (something) transitive

    "He gave up his seat to an old man."

  4. 4
    give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat wordnet
  5. 5
    To have someone obtain (something) to one's disadvantage; to concede. transitive

    "A good pitcher will give up very few home runs."

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  1. 6
    give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another wordnet
  2. 7
    To stop or quit (an activity, etc.) transitive

    "They gave up the search when it got dark."

  3. 8
    stop consuming wordnet
  4. 9
    To abandon (someone or something) transitive

    "I gave up my faith years ago."

  5. 10
    give up with the intent of never claiming again wordnet
  6. 11
    To lose hope concerning (someone or something) transitive

    "They gave him up for dead."

  7. 12
    relinquish possession or control over wordnet
  8. 13
    To admit defeat, capitulate. intransitive

    "OK, I give up, you win."

  9. 14
    lose (something) or lose the right to (something) by some error, offense, or crime wordnet
  10. 15
    To execute a trade on behalf of another broker. transitive
  11. 16
    part with a possession or right wordnet
  12. 17
    To acknowledge, recognize as. US, dialectal, intransitive

    "The next morning, Sunday, I was boxing with R., who had come over with three or four others to swap a few with me. I was given up to be the best boxer around, and I laid them cold as fast as they came at me."

  13. 18
    give up what is not strictly needed wordnet
  14. 19
    To reveal (something). US, intransitive, slang

    "He gave up that he was the one who opened the door."

  15. 20
    leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily wordnet
  16. 21
    allow the other (baseball) team to score wordnet
  17. 22
    put an end to a state or an activity wordnet

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