give up
verbDefinition of give up
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
4a : 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 pitching
: to cease doing or attempting something especially as an admission of defeat : quit —often used with on don't give up on the project
: to cease to live or function : die
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Synonyms & Antonyms for give up
Synonyms
abandon, discontinue, drop, knock off, lay off (of), pack (up or in), quit
Antonyms
carry on, continue, keep, keep up, maintain
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In two of his starts – in five innings on June 9 and in 5 2/3 innings on July 5 – Patiño exited without giving up a single hit. — Jeff Sanders, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Luis Patiño continues breakout with Fort Wayne," 12 July 2018 Jorge López pitched two hitless innings before giving up a leadoff single to former Brewers minor-leaguer Garrett Cooper to start the Miami 12th. — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Marlins 5, Brewers 4: Offense can't rescue Peralta in extra-inning loss," 11 July 2018 That personality trait helped him Sunday, no doubt, after giving up three runs in the first two innings. — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, "Detroit Tigers bet on Michael Fulmer can pay off in ace or prospects," 9 July 2018 Intel tried mightily with the Atom processor, but the company met repeated rejection before finally giving up in 2015. — Andy Patrizio, Ars Technica, "The AI revolution has spawned a new chips arms race," 9 July 2018 Trevor Richards walked a career-high seven with the last one being intentional, and couldn’t finish the fourth inning after giving up two runs on four hits. — Andre C. Fernandez, miamiherald, "Marlins snap their longest skid ever against the Nationals with a hitting barrage," 8 July 2018 Christian Bergman got the win despite giving up five runs on eight hits over five innings. — Seattle Times Staff, The Seattle Times, "Rainiers head into All-Star Break season-best six games above .500," 8 July 2018 Few supported the project but several community members expressed concerns in giving up any parkland for the project and increased traffic congestion. — Priscella Vega, latimes.com, "Proposed subdivision on abandoned Franklin School site will go before Huntington Beach commissioners," 6 July 2018 After his return to Corpus Christi, Whitley had three consecutive scoreless starts but followed by giving up 10 earned runs in his last two outings. — Hunter Atkins, Houston Chronicle, "Astros top prospect Forrest Whitley selected to play in Futures Game," 5 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'give up.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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