give up on (someone or something)

idiom

1

: to stop trying to improve the condition of (someone)

He has gotten in trouble many times, but his parents have never given up on him.

Please don't give up on me. I promise I'll do better.

2

: to stop having hope of seeing (someone)

We'd given up on you hours ago!

3

: to stop trying to do or achieve (something)

They have given up on their plan to build a new factory.

She hasn't given up on trying to convince her husband to buy a new car.

Examples of give up on (someone or something) in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But that doesn’t mean now is the time to give up on student loan forgiveness under PSLF. —Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025

Ultimately, the tenants decided to give up on buying the home. —Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025

Starting over from scratch The Lazerows didn’t want to just give up on their concept. —Natalie Wu, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2025

And each side – if there's going to be a deal, each side is going to have to give up on something. —NBC news, 17 Aug. 2025