give up
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(verb) allow the other team to score: "give up a run", in baseball |
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Synonyms: allow |
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(verb) stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas, claims, etc.; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give in these negociations" |
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Synonyms: abandon, give |
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(verb) give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up" |
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Synonyms: chuck up the sponge, drop out, leave, quit, throw in, throw in the towel |
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(verb) give up or agree to forego to the power or possession of another |
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Synonyms: surrender |
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Related Words: capitulate, concede, yield |
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(verb) refrain from consuming; "You will ahve to forgo alcohol" |
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Synonyms: forgo |
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Related Words: kick |
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(verb) give up with the intent of never claiming again; "Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead" |
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Synonyms: abandon |
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Related Words: foreswear, quit, relinquish, renounce |
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(verb) lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime |
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Synonyms: forfeit, forgo, render, throw overboard, waive |
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Related Words: abandon, lapse |
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(verb) to give up as not strictly needed: he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey. |
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Synonyms: dispense with, part with, spare |
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Related Words: give |
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(verb) relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in" |
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Synonyms: cede, deliver, surrender |
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Related Words: gift, give, present, sell, sign away, sign over, yield up |
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(verb) part with |
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Synonyms: free, release, relinquish |
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Related Words: derequisition, give, give, hand, pass, pass on, reach, sacrifice, turn over |
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(verb) leave voluntarily; of a job, post or position; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant" |
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Synonyms: renounce, resign, vacate |
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Related Words: abdicate, leave office, quit, renounce, step down |
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(verb) put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother" |
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Synonyms: cease, discontinue, lay off, quit, stop |
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Related Words: break, cheese, close off, drop, knock off, retire, shut off, sign off, withdraw |
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