give up
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give up
verb gives up · giving up · gave up · given up
- To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone). He was surrounded, so gave himself up.
- To relinquish (something) He gave up his seat to an old man.
- Devote or dedicate (oneself, one's life, etc.) to something. I gave myself up to working for this cause.
- To have someone obtain (something) to one's disadvantage; to concede. A good pitcher will give up very few home runs.
- To stop or quit (an activity, etc.). They gave up the search when it got dark.
- To abandon (someone or something) I gave up my faith years ago.
- To lose hope concerning (someone or something) They gave him up for dead.
- To admit defeat, capitulate; to desist for that reason. OK, I give up, you win.
- To execute a trade on behalf of another broker.
- To acknowledge, recognize as. 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.
- To reveal (something). He gave up that he was the one who opened the door.
adjective more give up · most give up
- Become fully taken over by a certain quality, activity, trait, etc. And now She Seems give up to Sin / Too much neglecting grace within
