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gives 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
There are plenty of reasons why the Chargers shouldn’t have a defense that gives up the fewest points in the NFL.
They get pregnant as teens, move in with his family, he gives up art to get a real job, she wants her own space, etc..
“Say Gerrit Cole gives up a home run, Derek will run into the other room and go, ‘Mom did you see that?’”
Defensive tackle Poona Ford anchors a suddenly stout defensive line that gives up just 94 yards rushing a game.
Bobby Miller gives up five runs before getting anyone out as the Dodgers are routed by the Angels in Anaheim.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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