give over

verb

gave over; given over; giving over; gives over

transitive verb

1

: cease

2

: entrust

3

a

: to yield without restraint or control : abandon

gave themselves over to laughter

b

: to set apart for a particular purpose or use

4

archaic : to pronounce incurable

intransitive verb

British : to cease an activity : stop

… told him to give over and let me alone …

—Brendan Behan

Synonyms of give over

• stop
• cease
• end
• halt
• quit
• leave off
• shut off
• cut off
• cut out
• have done with

Examples of give over in a Sentence

his wife suggested that he give over working such long hours if it was making him so unhappy

gave over his entire savings to an investor

Recent Examples on the Web

In 2023, Artnet News reported that Gagosian and other galleries in the building were getting kicked out after the building’s management gave over most of the property to Bloomberg Philanthropies. —Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 13 Apr. 2026

However, neither design took well to electrical amplification, and, by the nineteen-forties, production lines had been given over to the guitar. —Tim Parks, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2026

As part of the new effort, called Project Glasswing, Anthropic will give over 50 tech organizations access to Mythos Preview with over $100 million in usage credits. —Kevin Collier, NBC news, 8 Apr. 2026

Listen, the Department of Defense has been given over a trillion dollars within the last year. —ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Rhymes for give over

• carryover
• changeover
• crossover
• cutover
• flashover
• hangover
• holdover
• layover
• leftover
• makeover
• moreover
• passover