give up

Definitions

1. 1

   To surrender (someone or something)

   To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone).

   • He was surrounded, so gave himself up.
   • They gave him up to the police.
2. 2

   To relinquish (something)

   • He gave up his seat to an old man.
   • The king gave up land in exchange for peace.
   • "Dear Miss Woodhouse, I would not give up the pleasure and honour of being intimate with you for any thing in the world."
3. 3

   Devote or dedicate (oneself, one's life, etc.) to something.

   • I gave myself up to working for this cause.
   • She persuaded us to give up our time to the project.
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   1. 4

      To have someone obtain (something) to one's disadvantage

      To have someone obtain (something) to one's disadvantage; to concede.

      • A good pitcher will give up very few home runs.
      • Don't tell them where you are, and try not to give up any clues either.
      • Fiers, who now pitches for the Oakland Athletics, has gone 27-12 with a no-hitter in two years since leaving the Astros. But the last time he faced them, on Sept. 9, he gave up nine runs, including five homers, and got just three outs.
   2. 5

      To stop or quit (an activity, etc.).

      • They gave up the search when it got dark.
      • Once again, the WiFi isn't willing to work. When the guard comes to check tickets, I ask him if it ever works. He rolls his eyes and tells me it rarely does. He says I'll be lucky if I get it to connect. I give up trying.
   3. 6

      To abandon (someone or something)

      • I gave up my faith years ago.
      • The semi-streamlined contour of the earlier G.W.R. railcars has been given up in favour of a more utilitarian blunt-nose end, and effective floor space gained thereby.
      • Never gonna give you up / Never gonna let you down / Never gonna run around and desert you
   4. 7

      To lose hope concerning (someone or something)

      • They gave him up for dead.
   5. 8

      To admit defeat, capitulate

      To admit defeat, capitulate; to desist for that reason.

      • OK, I give up, you win.
   6. 9

      To execute a trade on behalf of another broker.

   7. 10

      To acknowledge, recognize as.

      • The next morning, Sunday, I was boxing with R., who had come over with three or four others to swap a few with me. I was given up to be the best boxer around, and I laid them cold as fast as they came at me.
   8. 11

      To reveal (something).

      • He gave up that he was the one who opened the door.
      • Well, give it up, Prof! What did you find out!
   9. 12

      Become fully taken over by a certain quality, activity, trait, etc.

      • And now She Seems give up to Sin / Too much neglecting grace within

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