given up

verb

Definition of given upnext
past participle of give up
1
as in relinquished
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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2
as in quitted
to stop doing (something) permanently I hope you won't give up playing the piano

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3
as in given (in)
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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4
as in abandoned
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 Synonyms for given up
  1. abandoned
  2. quit
  3. collapsed
  4. yielded
  5. finished
  6. fallen
  7. rendered
  8. submitted
Verb
  • Second, most congressional Republicans have abandoned ethical norms.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
  • Within a year, President Andrew Johnson abandoned the order and returned much of the land to the former plantation owners.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of abandoned
Verb
  • The attempt to reduce the federal workforce is a push against on remote work—especially if government workers quit as a result of the initiative.
    Chris Westfall, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway was the last album that Genesis recorded before Peter Gabriel quit the band to launch a solo career.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of quit
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  • Four years after the radio telescope at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico collapsed, a report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine is shining a light on the unprecedented failures that caused its destruction.
    Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • As some were ready to board a ferry returning to the mainland, a gangway collapsed on the visitor ferry dock and at least 20 people were plunged into the Duplin River, Georgia Department of Natural Resources officials said.
    Nicole Chavez, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of collapsed
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  • Dockworkers on the West Coast yielded some of that control over automation more than 50 years ago, Elzway explained.
    Jenn Brice, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
  • But there were plenty of other great options—including budget-friendly salt and sugar scrubs—that yielded surprisingly great results too.
    Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of yielded
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  • The stand-alone Rishi episode was a perfect example of why audiences flocked to Industry in its third season, which just finished.
    Zachary Siegel, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Offseason trade acquisitions Michael King and Cease finished in the top nine in NL ERA, May acquisition Luis Arraez won his third straight batting title and setup men Tanner Scott and Jason Adam strengthened an already strong bullpen in front of closer Robert Suarez (36 saves).
    Jack Magruder, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of finished
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  • Occupancy levels have fallen from above 80% before war to below 50% currently, according to the hotel’s general manager Yaron Liberman.
    Hanna Ziady, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
  • But in the last decade, the numbers have fallen.
    Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of fallen
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  • All but the two notifications about Iran were privately rendered, but Brandt and the experts’ chair told me that, unlike the Justice Department, the intelligence agencies have no rule against publicizing allegations about a foreign influence plot in the days before the vote.
    David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
  • However, Axiom points out that on previous occasions the outer shell of the suit was rendered in a special dark cover layer to protect proprietary secrets from prying eyes.
    David Szondy, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2024
Definition of rendered
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  • Following that subpoena, Let’s Go Washington submitted 9,000 pages of documents to the PDC, but staff at the commission said Let’s Go Washington should have been able to provide the information faster.
    Carleen Johnson | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The updated four- to six-week processing time applies to applications submitted by paper or online.
    Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of submitted
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given up the ghost

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