abandon/drop all pretense at

: to give up to the control or influence of another person or agent

: to give up with the intent of never again claiming a right or interest in

: to withdraw from often in the face of danger or encroachment

: a thorough yielding to natural impulses

: the quantity of fluid that falls in one spherical mass

: a dose of medicine measured by drops

: a minute quantity or degree of something nonmaterial or intangible

: to fall in drops

: to fall (see ¹fall 1a) unexpectedly or suddenly

: to descend (see descend 1) from one line or level to another

: the whole amount, quantity, or extent of

: as much as possible

: every member or individual component of

: wholly, quite

: selected as the best (as at a sport) within an area or organization

: only, exclusively

: the whole number, quantity, or amount : totality

used in such phrases as for all I know, for all I care, and for all the good it does to indicate a lack of knowledge, interest, or effectiveness

: everybody, everything

: the whole of one's possessions, resources, or energy

: other : different : atypical

: isomeric form or variety of (a specified chemical compound)

: being one of a group whose members together constitute a structural unit especially of a language

: a claim made or implied

: mere ostentation : pretentiousness

: a pretentious act or assertion