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give sb up

— phrasal verb with give uk ​ /ɡɪv/ us ​ /ɡɪv/ verb gave, given
give sb up for dead also give up on sb

› to think that someone is certain to die or to be dead:

The doctors 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.

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(Definition of “give sb up” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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