Synonym: abandon, allow, cease, cede, chuck up the sponge, deliver, discontinue, dispense with, drop by the wayside, drop out, fall by the wayside, forfeit, forgo, free, lay off, part with, quit, release, relinquish, renounce, resign, spare, stop, surrender, throw in, throw in the towel, throw overboard, vacate, waive. Similar words: drive up, live up to, save up, give, give off, give in, give way, give out. Meaning: v. 1. lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime 2. give up with the intent of never claiming again 3. give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat 4. put an end to a state or an activity 5. give up what is not strictly needed 6. part with a possession or right 7. leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily 8. relinquish possession or control over 9. give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another 10. stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims 11. allow the other (baseball) team to score 12. refrain from consuming.
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121 'A lot of people find it very difficult indeed to give up smoking.'--'Oh yes. I used to smoke nearly sixty a day.'.
122 He had a bad accident two years ago and had to give up farming.
123 I am managing, but I could not possibly give up work.
124 Darren has decided to give up football at the end of this season.
125 Tom give up smoking ? Yes , and pigs might fly!
126 Come on, don't give up now! Where's your fighting spirit?
127 I ought to give up smoking. In questions, should is usually used instead of ought to:Should we call the doctor?
128 The nicotine patches are designed to help people give up/quit/stop smoking.
129 It's still polite to give up your seat to an old man.
130 He must have gone completely loopy to give up a job like that.
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131 I know people who find it practically impossible to give up smoking.
132 He was tempted to give up freelancing and get a regular job.
133 She knew from past experience that Ann would not give up easily.
134 Once they get an idea into their heads, they never give up.
135 She refused to give up, and her confidence rubbed off on the others.
136 I really fail to understand what actuated you to give up such a promising post so hastily.
137 The time has arrived when I need to give up smoking.
138 Surely you're not going to give up? I thought you were made of sterner stuff .
139 The machine jerked into motion just when we were to give up hope.
140 Women, he says, should give up alcohol before they plan to conceive.
141 The people were not prepared to give up their hard-won independence.
142 She's tried to give up smoking but just can't kick the habit.
143 Despite renewed pressure to give up the occupied territory, they will not yield.
144 When faced with adversity she was never tempted to give up.
145 He wanted Jill to give up her life of alcohol and self-destruction.
146 She was making a determined effort to give up smoking.
147 On my fortieth birthday I had reached a fork in the road, and I decided to give up working for somebody else and start my own business.
148 He wanted to give up acting and start directing .
149 The famous master swimmer had an attack of cramp and had to give up the contest.
150 She didn't give up work when she had the baby.
More similar words: drive up, live up to, save up, give, give off, give in, give way, give out, give away, give way to, give back, give ear to, give birth, give notice, give rise to, use up, Thanksgiving, come up, tie up, make up, size up, makeup, fire up, flare up, pile up, line up, take up, wake up, shake up, come up to.