give sb up
— phrasal verb with give /ɡɪv/ verb (gave, given)Definition
give sb up for dead (also give up on sb) › to think that someone is certain to die or to be dead: The hospital had virtually given her up for dead, but she eventually recovered. After a three-day search on the mountain, they gave him up for dead.Stop having or doing something
(Definition of give sb up from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- abdicate verb (KING/QUEEN)
- abdicate verb (NOT DO)
- break with sth phrasal verb
- cede verb
- chuck sth in phrasal verb
- forfeit adjective
- forfeit noun
- forfeit verb
- forgo verb
- forsake verb (STOP)
- grow out of sth phrasal verb (INTEREST)
- kick the habit idiom
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- leave go/hold of sth idiom
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- renounce verb
- renunciation noun
- sacrifice verb (GIVE UP)
- turn your back on sth idiom
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