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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241 Except for one breakdown, San Diego refused to give up big plays, the Raiders' trademark so far.
242 She was soon to give up her own acting career - which she never took seriously - to - spoil him?
243 Those having no money were forced to give up their clothes and sleep on the bare floor, often with fatal results.
244 It looked as if we had won this initial bout but men like Swire Sugden don't give up that easily.
245 The organization depends on charity, and on volunteer workers who are prepared to give up their time.
246 If you love someone, then your freedom is curtailed. If you love someone, you give up much of your privacy. If you love someone, then you are no longer merely one person but half of a couple. To think or behave any other way is to risk losing that love. Laurell K. Hamilton 
247 The fish made several deep dives and I began to wonder who would give up first, me or the cod.
248 Still, in their journal articles, these researchers are cautious about telling people to give up dieting.
249 One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away. Stephen Hawking
250 I tried to give up smoking several times before I realized I was addicted.Sentencedict.com
251 A whole battery of measures was tried in an attempt to get them to give up cigarettes.
252 Even after chronic alcoholics give up booze, their sleep problems may not end.
253 When you are tempted to give up, your breakthrough is probably just around the corner. Joyce Meyer
254 Don't give up because things are hard, but work harder, when you think of giving up. Anthony Liccione
255 The unfortunate thing about this world is that good habits are so much easier to give up than bad ones. W. Somerset Maugham
256 In loud, sepulchral tones, this vision warned James to give up war and consorting with wanton women.
257 We are never defeated unless we give up on God. Ronald Reagan
258 The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You trade in your sense for an act. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask. There can't be any large- scale revolution until there's a personal revolution, on an individual level. It's got to happen inside first. Jim Morrison
259 In offering to give up his hard-won millions, Goldman also volunteered his attorneys for a bit of unanticipated altruism.
260 We don't give up on hope. We hope, to not give up. Anthony Liccione
261 The worst thing we as consumers can do is to give up or not bother because it's all too confusing.
262 Efficient-market believers could strike it rich if they could persuade people to give up.
263 If women are to be judged by their appearance, Mira ought to give up books: Phillario.
264 Luck will change - good luck is always preceded by bad luck and bad luck often ends in good luck, and if you do not give up in the face of bad luck, you are likely to be rewarded with good luck. Dr T.P.Chia
265 Christians had been compelled to give up meetings for corporate worship, but still kept up small prayer meetings in houses.
266 She can not abjure, give up, control the force by which she is possessed.
267 Should I give up the unequal struggle and wait until I reached the age of 16?
268 She is a woman who refused to give up a seat on a bus to another rider.
269 Until there was nothing to do but give up and walk back, feeling beaten.
270 Do you really want to give up the relative ease of having a whole accounting department at your beck and call?
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.