give up

About 18.62 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To surrender ; to inform on (someone).

   He was surrounded, so gave himself up.

2. verb To relinquish

   He gave up his seat to an old man.

3. verb Devote or dedicate (oneself, one's life, etc.) to something.

   I gave myself up to working for this cause.

4. verb To have someone obtain (something) to one's disadvantage; to concede.

   A good pitcher will give up very few home runs.

5. verb To stop or quit .

   They gave up the search when it got dark.

6. verb To abandon

   I gave up my faith years ago.

7. verb To lose hope concerning

   They gave him up for dead.

8. verb To admit defeat, capitulate; to desist for that reason.

   OK, I give up, you win.

Similar words

part with relinquish resign surrender quit waive leave abandon renounce cede

Word family

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