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gave up
verb as in admit defeat
Weak matches
- abandon
- back down
- bail out
- bow out
- buckle under
- capitulate
- cave in
- cease
- cede
- chicken out
- collapse
- comply
- concede
- cry uncle
- cut out
- desist
- despair
- drop
- drop like a hot potato
- fold
- forswear
- hand over
- leave off
- pull out
- quit
- relinquish
- resign
- stop
- submit
- surrender
- take the oath
- throw in the towel
- waive
- walk out on
- wash one's hands of
- yield
Example Sentences
“Orange Is the New Black” star Laura Prepon says she finally gave up Scientology after becoming a mother forced her to reassess how she was raised.
This was the first "unreality" election — a lot of people couldn't figure out what was true or who to trust, and just gave up trying.
Every time they appeared on their way, however, they committed a turnover, gave up a sack or they were called for a penalty.
The vote comes after a historic agreement in which the UK gave up sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.
With a cornerback rotation that’s stripped to a pair of rookies in the starting rotation, however, they gave up a 41-yard touchdown pass from Will Levis to Calvin Ridley on the Titans’ opening drive Sunday.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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