given up

past participle of give up
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as in abandoned
to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly even in the darkest days of her troubled marriage, she refused to give herself up to feelings of utter hopelessness

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Recent Examples of given up The Crimson were outscored 276-103, and while no one can say if Zipf spent any of his final fall Saturdays in the stands down in Allston, the proportion of points scored versus points given up was eerily consistent with his 80-20 theory. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 5 Sep. 2025 News aficionados have given up subscriptions to mainstream publications like The Washington Post in recent months when they are perceived to cede authority or placate those in power. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025 Charles has now given up on this endeavor, according to the Express, which might be a sign that their relationship is better than people think. Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for given up
Verb
  • Communist Party leaders dismissed the Tibetan leader’s Strasbourg proposal in 1988, in which the Dalai Lama relinquished the demand for full independence and instead proposed genuine autonomy for Tibet under Chinese sovereignty.
    Tenzin Dorjee, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2025
  • She had been relinquished by her owner to another shelter for chronically attacking her own tail.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Before 2014, the building was abandoned and MIA wanted to tear it down.
    Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Drummond is blamed for the deaths of the parents, grandmother and uncle of an infant found abandoned in a home's front yard in rural west Tennessee.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Then the key to Finnish success in reducing homelessness is the housing-first model, where the logic is that you're not required to quit using alcohol or narcotics.
    Kristen Edgreen Kaufman, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Growing economic uncertainty has kept workers from quitting their jobs and has led businesses to slow down hiring decisions, experts say.
    Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Department of Buildings told CBS News New York and News 12 Long Island that a 10-by-10-inch section of the ceiling collapsed due to possible water damage, and pieces of the building fell on customers dining inside.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Tottenham collapsed last season when Romero and Mickey van de Ven spent months out injured.
    James McNicholas, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Wieffer contributed three assists in four Brighton wins across those games, a strong finish which almost yielded European qualification as Brighton finished eighth.
    Andy Naylor, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The first few weeks of the current school year yielded the biggest exodus seen of pre-K students transferring from private providers to public schools, according to Tim Kaminski, president of the Texas Licensed Child Care Association.
    Lina Ruiz September 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • For those holding out hope that Clark will be able to return to the court, the verdict has already been turned in.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The 54-year-old Pontiac driver of the 2018 Buick Regal was attempting to turn on Chippewa Street in Pontiac and turned in front of the motorcycle, according to preliminary investigation by police.
    Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Trump, who has sometimes seemed conflicted about the anti-vax sentiment in his coalition that prevents him from claiming more credit for Operation Warp Speed, has thoroughly capitulated to the political reality that Kennedy is a useful ally.
    Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
  • In the final vote, all 73 Center Party parliamentarians capitulated, justifying their surrender as a necessary evil to save the party.
    DANIEL ZIBLATT, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Schrank said people who were illegally in the country were detained and turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
    Filip Timotija, The Hill, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Responsibility of running the Nuggets day-to-day has since been turned over to Ben Tenzer and Jon Wallace.
    Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Given up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/given%20up. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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