give up Idiom

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give up

stop trying, not try any more I give up. I can't remember who invented the telephone.

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give up the blueline (hockey)

let opponents cross the blueline before you check them If we give up the blueline, they will get more shots on goal

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give up the ghost

stop hoping after a long time When will she give up the ghost? Her son has been gone for years.

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Don't give up the day job

This idiom is used a way of telling something that they do something badly.

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give (one) up for|give|give one up for|give up|giv

v. phr. To abandon hope for someone or something. After Larry had not returned to base camp for three nights, his fellow mountain climbers gave him up for dead.

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give oneself up|give up

v. To stop hiding or running away; surrender. The thief gave himself up to the police. Mr. Thompson hit another car, and his wife told him to give himself up.
Compare: TURN IN.

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give oneself up to|give up

v. phr. Not to hold yourself back from; let yourself enjoy. Uncle Willie gave himself up to a life of wandering. John came inside from the cold and gave himself up to the pleasure of being in a warm room.
Compare: ENJOY ONESELF, LET ONESELF GO.

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give up|give

v. 1a. To stop trying to keep; surrender; yield. The dog had the ball in his mouth and wouldn't give it up. Jimmy is giving up his job as a newsboy when he goes back to school.
Compare: GIVE ONESELF UP, HAND OVER, LET GO(1a).
Antonym: HOLD ON TO. 1b. To allow; permit. Ford gave up two walks in the first inning. 2. To stop doing or having; abandon; quit. The doctor told Mr. Harris to give up smoking. Jane hated to give up her friends when she moved away.
Compare: LEAVE OFF, PART WITH. 3. To stop hoping for, waiting for, or trying to do. Johnny was given up by the doctors after the accident, but he lived just the same. When Mary didn't come by nine o'clock, we gave her up. I couldn't do the puzzle so I gave it up. 4. To stop trying; quit; surrender. The war will be over when one of the countries gives up. The other team gave up after we scored three touchdowns.
Compare: GIVE IN², RESIGN ONESELF, THROW IN THE SPONGE.

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give up the ghost|ghost|give|give up

v. phr. To die; stop going. After a long illness, the old woman gave up the ghost. The motor turned over a few times and gave up the ghost.

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give up the ship|give|give up|ship

v. phr. To stop fighting and surrender; stop trying or hoping to do something. "Don't give up the ship, John," said his father when John failed a test.

give it up

To stop accomplishing something. Generally acclimated as an imperative. Give it up—Adam's a bigger skateboarder than you, and no bulk of convenance will change that. Oh, accord it up already—I apperceive you're lying.Learn more: give, up

give up

1. To crop or carelessness something. A noun of pronoun can be acclimated amid "give" and "up." This is a prime parking space—I'm not giving it up! It would be a abashment if you had to accord up this apartment—it's such a abundant location.2. To carelessness some assignment or goal. Oh, don't accord up—you'll get this boiler anchored eventually.3. To stop accomplishing article in particular, generally a habit. Lots of bodies accept accustomed up smoking, so I'm assured that you can too.4. To abandonment or crop addition or oneself. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is acclimated amid "give" and "up." You charge to accord yourself up to the cops afore an innocent actuality gets bent in the crossfire. I apperceive he's done some absolutely abhorrent things, but he's still my brother—I can't aloof accord him up to the authorities!5. To lose acceptance in addition or something; to no best accept in addition or something's abeyant for betterment. Consistently followed by "on." I apperceive I've bootless a lot in the accomplished year, but please, don't accord up on me. Don't accord up on this aggregation aloof yet.6. To absolutely agreement or allot oneself to something. In this usage, a automatic pronoun is acclimated amid "give" and "up," and the byword is consistently followed by "to." To accord with the grief, I gave myself up to my research.7. To accede absent or after hope. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "give" and "up." About consistently followed by "as lost" or "for lost." I gave the amalgamation up for absent back it didn't access in two weeks. We had about accustomed up the bearings as absent back admonition arrived.Learn more: give, up

give oneself up

 (to addition or something)
1. Lit. to abandonment to addition or something. Fran gave herself up to the disease. Walter gave himself up to the police.
2. Fig. to allot oneself to addition or something; to accord oneself over to addition or something. She gave herself up to her accouchement and their care. Fran gave herself up to tennis. Jane banned to accord herself up to weight lifting, which is a full-time hobby.Learn more: give, up

give someone or something up (for lost)

to carelessness addition or article as actuality lost; to abdicate attractive for addition or article that is lost. After a anniversary we had accustomed the cat up for absent back aback she appeared. We gave up the cat for lost.Learn more: give, up

give someone or something up (to someone)

to duke addition or article over to someone; to carelessness claims on addition or article in favor of addition else. We had to accord the money we begin up to the police. We gave up the money to the police.Learn more: give, up

give something up

 
1. to abdicate something; to stop application or bistro something. I gave coffee up because of the caffeine. They brash me to accord up amoroso in all forms.
2. to abdicate accomplishing something. Oh, accord it up! You're not accepting anywhere. You should accord up smoking.Learn more: give, up

give up (on addition or something)

to accord up aggravating to do article with addition or something, such as actuality friendly, giving advice, managing, etc. I gave up on jogging. My knees went bad. Gloria approved to be affable with Kelly, but assuredly gave up.Learn more: give, up

give up

to quit; to abdicate trying. I accord up! I won't columnist this further. Are you activity to accord up or accumulate fighting?Learn more: give, up

give oneself up

1. Surrender, as in They gave themselves up to the police. [Second bisected of 1500s]
2. Devote or carelessness oneself completely, as in She gave herself up to her research. [Second bisected of 1500s] Also see give up. Apprentice more: give, up

give up

1. Surrender, as in The doubtable gave himself up. [1100s]
2. Stop accomplishing or assuming something, as in They gave up the search, or She gave up smoker about thirty years ago. [c. 1600]
3. Part with, relinquish, as in They gave up their New York apartment, or We gave up all achievement of award the absent tickets. [Mid-1500s]
4. Lose achievement for, as in We had accustomed you up as lost. [Late 1500s]
5. Admit defeat, as in I accord up-what's the appropriate answer? [c. 1600]
6. give up on. Abandon, lose one's acceptance in, as in I gave up on autograph a novel, or She gave up on adoration years ago. [Colloquial; additional bisected of 1900s] Also see give oneself up to. Apprentice more: give, up

give it up

acclaim enthusiastically. informal 2004 New Zealand Listener Ladiiieees and gentlemen, accord it up for Joseph Lin and the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Steven Smith , advancing to you alive from the Auckland Town Hall. Apprentice more: give, up

give it up (for somebody)

(informal) appearance your approval of somebody by acclamation your hands: Give it up for Tommy!Learn more: give, up

give up

v.
1. To surrender: The suspects gave up. The fugitives gave themselves up.
2. To accept defeat: Okay, let me go; I accord up.
3. To cease to do or accomplish something, abnormally afore achievement or success: We gave up our chase for the missing earrings. I approved to apprentice chess, but I was so bad that I gave it up.
4. To carelessness from accomplishing something; stop accomplishing something: My acquaintance gave up smoking. I've been aggravating to accord this addiction up for years.
5. To carelessness what one is planning to do: The columnist gave up autograph the novel. Don't accord up on this project!
6. To allotment with something; carelessness something: We gave the accommodation up back the freeholder aloft the rent. They gave up all achievement of anytime award their dog again.
7. To absolutely allot oneself to something. Acclimated reflexively: The librarian gave himself up to his work.
8. give up on To lose acceptance or aplomb in addition or something: After the sixth inning, our aggregation gave up on acceptable the game. I gave up on my brother back he bootless to acknowledgment my letters.
9. give up on To lose achievement that addition or article will appear: We'd accustomed up on you an hour ago.
10. give up for To accept addition will not arise because he or she is in some debilitated state: You were so backward to the party, we had accustomed you up for lost. The abandoned soldiers gave up their colonel for dead. Learn more: give, up

give addition up

tv. to abandon someone; to about-face addition in to the authorities. No, I didn’t accord Mooshoo up! Apprentice more: give, someone, up

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