gave up (Meaning)
gave up
to cease to live or function, to abandon (oneself) to a feeling, influence, or activity, to allow (a hit or run in baseball) while pitching, to devote to a particular purpose or use, stop entry 1 sense 7a, to cease doing or attempting something especially as an admission of defeat, to abandon (oneself) to a particular feeling, influence, or activity, surrender entry 1 sense 1, to yield control or possession of, to desist from, to declare incurable or insoluble, to despair of seeing
Synonyms & Antonyms of gave up
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gave up Sentence Examples
- The exhausted climber gave up his ascent to the summit.
- The patient's family gave up hope after years of struggling with his condition.
- The struggling business owner gave up on his dreams and closed his doors.
- The weary traveler gave up on finding shelter and slept under the stars.
- The team's morale plummeted after they gave up on winning the championship.
- The student gave up on studying for the test and decided to take a nap instead.
- The hopeless addict gave up on recovery and spiraled further into despair.
- The grieving widow gave up on life after the death of her beloved husband.
- The soldier gave up his weapon and surrendered to the enemy.
- The defeated athlete gave up the gold medal to his opponent in a gesture of sportsmanship.
FAQs About the word gave up
to cease to live or function, to abandon (oneself) to a feeling, influence, or activity, to allow (a hit or run in baseball) while pitching, to devote to a part
laid down,relinquished, turned in, rendered, delivered, surrendered, coughed up, ceded, yielded, handed over
kept, retained,withheld,
The exhausted climber gave up his ascent to the summit.
The patient's family gave up hope after years of struggling with his condition.
The struggling business owner gave up on his dreams and closed his doors.
The weary traveler gave up on finding shelter and slept under the stars.
