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give upverb to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duresswas in so much debt he had to give up his house and move into a cheaper apartment cede, cough up, deliver, hand over, lay down, relinquish, render, surrender, turn in, turn over, yield commit, consign, entrust(also intrust), transferforfeit, release, waiveabnegate, renounce, resignabandon, desert, discard, forsake, part (with), shed keep, retain, withhold to stop doing (something) permanentlyI hope you won't give up playing the piano abandon, discontinue, drop, knock off, lay off (of), pack (up or in), quit break off, break up, cease, close, conclude, end, expire, finish, halt, leave off, shut offpause, taper offthrow upround (off or out), terminate, wind up, wrap up hang it up, have done (with) carry on, continue, keep, keep up, maintain go, run onhang in, hang on, hold on, persevere, persistfollow through (with)renew, reopen, restart, resumepreserve, staybegin, commence, start to yield to the control or power of enemy forceswith the prospect of a renewed enemy attack, the regiment decided to simply give up capitulate, fall, knuckle under, submit, succumb, surrender bow, buckle, cave (in), collapse, give (in)hand over, relinquishloseconcede, fail, fold endure, stand buck, defy, fight, oppose, repel, resist, withstandbeat, overcome, winconquer, prevail, triumph to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedlyeven in the darkest days of her troubled marriage, she refused to give herself up to feelings of utter hopelessness abandon, deliver, indulge, surrender, yield overdo, overindulgebask, luxuriate, revel, roll, wallow deny abstain (from), eschew, forbear, forgo(also forego), refrain (from)check, inhibit, restrain in the 13th century |