gives up (to)

present tense third-person singular of give up (to)
as in dedicates
to keep or intend for a special purpose unfortunately, when he was in college, weekends were largely given up to binge drinking

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Verb
  • Bessemer dedicates months to gathering, validating, and examining submission data that forms the foundation of The Cloud 100.
    Bessemer Venture Partners, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Meanwhile, the opening title track features a heartfelt voice note from his mom, before Hamilton dedicates a sweet ode to her.
    Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • This scene must have inspired the one in the iconic six-hour 1995 BBC series, which devotes a full minute to Elizabeth’s muddy walk.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
  • That’s a fancy way of saying that the fund devotes some of its portfolio to debts that rise in value with inflation.
    Michael Foster, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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  • This multimodal integration not only saves manual labor but improves the accuracy and defensibility of benchmarking outcomes, particularly important for transfer pricing in complicated, multi-jurisdictional settings.
    Chidambaram Bhat, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Lukas Weese Shot of the day Jannik Sinner saves a break point with a flick of the wrists and a sharp angle.
    The Athletic Tennis Staff, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
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“Gives up (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gives%20up%20%28to%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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