Main Entry: give up

Function: verb

Date: 13th century

transitive verb

1 : to yield control or possession of : surrender <forced to give up his job>
2 : to desist from : abandon <refused to give up her efforts>
3 : to declare incurable or insoluble
4 a : to abandon (oneself) to a particular feeling, influence, or activity <gave himself up to despair> b : to devote to a particular purpose or use
5 : to despair of seeing <we'd given you up>
6 : to allow (a hit or run in baseball) while pitchingintransitive verb : to cease doing or attempting something especially as an admission of defeat : quit —often used with on <don't give up on the project>

— give up the ghost : to cease to live or function : die