GIVES UP Synonyms: 125 Similar and Opposite Words

gives up

verb

present tense third-person singular of give up

as in relinquishes

to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress was in so much debt he had to give up his house and move into a cheaper apartment

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as in abandons

to stop doing (something) permanently I hope you won't give up playing the piano

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as in succumbs

to yield to the control or power of enemy forces with the prospect of a renewed enemy attack, the regiment decided to simply give up

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as in indulges

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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The narrator, a young classical musician, abandons a promising future as a concert pianist to support her parents after an accident.

Tajja Isen, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
Thankfully, Netflix did license the final product—a dreamlike half-hour drama that follows a teenage girl (a magnetic Megan Stott) who abruptly abandons her life of high school and social media to rough it in Cascade National Forest.

Judy Berman, TIME, 3 Dec. 2024

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