give up
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- (transitive) If you give up something (or give something up), you surrender it--you have it taken from you; or you give it away.
- His mom made him give up his toys to her! Now what is he going to do?
- The young woman gave up her seat to an old man
- (transitive) If you give up on something (or give something up), you stop doing it; you quit; you lose hope about it.
- Once he graduated from high school, he gave up running.
- After the couldn't find his body, they gave him up for dead.
- (intransitive) If you give up, you say you lost.
- After fighting for ten days, one side waved a white flag--they gave up.