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give in/give 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
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Example Sentences
Remembering a quote he’d seen on social media earlier, John Wood, Seth’s father and assistant coach, told the players they had three choices: “give in, give up, or give it all you got.”
From Seattle Times
What happens when we give in, give up and break under pressure?
From Washington Times
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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