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as in to relinquish
to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress
was in so much debt he had to give up his house and move into a cheaper apartment
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as in to abandon
to stop doing (something) permanently
I hope you won't give up playing the piano
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as in to succumb
to yield to the control or power of enemy forces
with the prospect of a renewed enemy attack, the regiment decided to simply give up
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as in to surrender
to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly
even in the darkest days of her troubled marriage, she refused to give herself up to feelings of utter hopelessness
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Recent Examples of give up
But Rodriguez and Roxanne Perez have no interest in giving up the titles.
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2025
Tanner Houck #89 of the Boston Red Sox checks a baseball after giving up a home run to Gleyber Torres of the Detroit Tigers during the first inning at Comerica Park on May 12, 2025 in Detroit, Michigan.
—Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Aug. 2025
Speculation has been that homeowners are unwilling to sell and give up their low-rate mortgages.
—Jim Sergent, USA Today, 2 Aug. 2025
Anthony Banda replaced Ohtani and gave up a sacrifice fly that tied the score at 2-2, the Dodgers’ runs coming on a home run by Freddie Freeman in the top of the fourth.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 31 July 2025
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2025
Tanner Houck #89 of the Boston Red Sox checks a baseball after giving up a home run to Gleyber Torres of the Detroit Tigers during the first inning at Comerica Park on May 12, 2025 in Detroit, Michigan.
—Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Aug. 2025
Speculation has been that homeowners are unwilling to sell and give up their low-rate mortgages.
—Jim Sergent, USA Today, 2 Aug. 2025
Anthony Banda replaced Ohtani and gave up a sacrifice fly that tied the score at 2-2, the Dodgers’ runs coming on a home run by Freddie Freeman in the top of the fourth.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 31 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for give up
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The program was created in 2010 by the La Jolla Community Foundation and subsequently was relinquished to the oversight of the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 July 2025
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Expensive, but necessary The Magic went hard after Desmond Bane of the Memphis Grizzlies, and had to relinquish a package that included four first-round picks, and a first-round pick swap to get him.—
Morten Stig Jensen,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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Elliott likewise pressed Hyundai to abandon its own restructuring effort and increase its dividend, again using financial discipline as a wedge to improve governance and transparency.—
Marc Cooper,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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Minority languages were banned in schools, tribal leaders were silenced, and communities were pressured to abandon their heritage and conform to a rigid Persian identity.—
Jila Andalib,
Hartford Courant,
28 July 2025
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When Kang Ji-won (Park Min-young) discovers her layabout husband Park Min-hwan (Lee Yu-kyun) in bed with her best friend Jeong Su-min (Song Ha-yoon), plotting what to do when Ji-won finally succumbs to the terminal cancer she’s been battling, Min-hwan murders her.—
Geoffrey Bunting,
Time,
1 Aug. 2025
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My family's story reveals the scale of the coming storm—my father battles Alzheimer's, my uncle succumbed to Parkinson's, and my grandmother to Lewy body dementia.—
Shahriar Minokadeh,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Aug. 2025
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The stamp — which features a detailed image of the British troops surrendering — caught Bob Chisholm’s eye and started his love of stamp collecting.—
Lillian Ashworth,
Oc Register,
1 Aug. 2025
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Meanwhile, the Twins’ offense had few answers for Boston starter Lucas Giolito, who pitched six innings and surrendered one run on Lee’s double to bring home Bader.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
30 July 2025
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These players were away for several days at the time when the burglaries occurred, rendering their places more vulnerable.—
Lew Sichelman,
Miami Herald,
31 July 2025
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What these technologies that could open up the world, and the imagination, do instead is render their children ever smaller.—
Jeremy Dauber,
HollywoodReporter,
31 July 2025
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Money has also been spent on nongovernmental organization programs that hand out clean needles and crack pipes as part of progressive harm reduction policies instead of encouraging homeless drug users to quit.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
14 July 2025
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Although the overall unemployment rate is just 4.1%, few people are quitting jobs today, and employers are skittish about hiring.—
Scott Horsley,
NPR,
13 July 2025
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Grable, who has been rotating in at first-team right tackle all camp with Spencer Brown sidelined, yielded yet another vote of confidence from the team by being trusted with the Anderson role.—
Joe Buscaglia,
New York Times,
2 Aug. 2025
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The resort said the effort required 150 employees — and yielded some unusual finds.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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This one is peachy-pink in color, dry and fresh and delivers a tart red-fruit profile: think currants and pomegranate.—
Lana Bortolot,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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Seibert’s sage-but-kooky bird (stunningly costumed by Shelby Newport in a fabulous cloak of multicolored neckties, sort of like a bohemian bagman) delivers both great laughs and deep feeling.—
Duante Beddingfield,
Freep.com,
30 July 2025
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