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Verb: give up
  1. Stop trying or participating; admit defeat
    "In the second round, the challenger gave up";
    - drop out, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw in, throw in the towel [informal], quit, chuck up the sponge [US, non-standard]
     
  2. Abandon, relinquish or do without, especially a right or claim
    "He gave up his claim to the property";
    - forfeit, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego
     
  3. Put an end to a state or an activity
    "give up teasing your little brother";
    - discontinue, stop, cease, quit, lay off, break, break off, surcease [archaic]
     
  4. Relinquish possession or control over
    "The squatters had to give up the building after the police moved in";
    - surrender, cede, deliver
     
  5. Part with a possession or right
    "I am giving up my bedroom to the long-term house guest";
    - release, relinquish, resign, free
     
  6. Leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
    "She gave up the position when she got pregnant";
    - vacate, resign, renounce
     
  7. Give up what is not strictly needed
    "he asked if they could give up one of their horses to speed his journey";
    - spare, part with, dispense with
     
  8. Stop maintaining or insisting on ideas or claims
    "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations";
    - abandon
     
  9. Stop consuming
    "give up alcohol";
    - kick [informal]
     
  10. Yield to an opponent, admitting defeat
    "The last Taleban fighters finally gave up";
    - surrender
     
  11. Stop continuing with some action or plan
    "They give uped the project"; "The team give uped their original plan";
    - abandon
     
  12. Allow the other (baseball) team to score
    "give up a run";
    - allow

Derived forms: given up, gives up, giving up, gave up

Type of: abandon, act, allow, dispense with, end, forego, foreswear, forgo, gift, give, hand, leave office, let, move, pass, pass on, permit, present, quit, reach, relinquish, resign, step down, terminate, turn over, waive, yield

Antonym: carry on, hold out, lay claim

Encyclopedia: Give up