Crossword clues for give up
Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive English) To surrender (someone or something). 2 (context transitive English) To stop or quit (an activity, etc). 3 (context transitive English) To relinquish (something). 4 (context transitive English) To lose hope concerning (someone or something). 5 (context transitive English) To abandon (someone or something). 6 (context intransitive English) To admit defeat, to capitulate.
WordNet
v. lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime [syn: forfeit, throw overboard, waive, forgo] [ant: claim]
give up with the intent of never claiming again; "Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead" [syn: abandon]
give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up" [syn: drop out, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw in, throw in the towel, quit, chuck up the sponge] [ant: enter]
put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother" [syn: discontinue, stop, cease, quit, lay off] [ant: continue]
give up what is not strictly needed; "he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey" [syn: spare, part with, dispense with]
part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne" [syn: release, relinquish, resign, free]
leave (a job, post, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds" [syn: vacate, resign, renounce]
relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in" [syn: surrender, cede, deliver]
give up or agree to forego to the power or possession of another; "The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered" [syn: surrender] [ant: resist]
stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas, claims, etc.; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some calims in these negociations" [syn: abandon]
allow the other (baseball) team to score; "give up a run" [syn: allow]
refrain from consuming; "You will have to forgo alcohol" [syn: forgo]
Wikipedia
Give Up is the first and only studio album by indie pop band The Postal Service, released on February 19, 2003 through Sub Pop Records.
The band began as a side project between electronic music artist Jimmy Tamborello and Death Cab for Cutie's vocalist Ben Gibbard. The two had previously worked together for a track on Dntel's album Life Is Full of Possibilities.
The Postal Service's only full-length release, Give Up was the second Sub Pop Records release to receive platinum certification, their best selling album since Nirvana's Bleach. The album peaked at #114 on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart in its initial release; the 2013 tenth-anniversary reissue of the album peaked at #45 in April 2013. As of January 2013, Give Up had sold 1.07 million copies. The album was generally well received, and critics commented on its throwbacks to the eighties new wave genre.
Give Up is a 2003 album by The Postal Service.
Give Up may also refer to:
- Give Up (Miles Kane EP)
- "Give Up", a song from the 1980 album Diana by Diana Ross
- "Give Up", a song from the 2008 album Donkey by CSS
Give Up is an EP by the English indie rock musician Miles Kane. It was released on 21 February 2013.
Usage examples of "give up".
My laugh lines don't bother me, and I've decided to give up laughing anyway.
Frank raises a ski glove in farewell as the young men at the bus give up and withdraw.
So here was a challenge, and they had either to handle it or give up and go away, which might satisfy the magician.
Ruffner's I did not give up the idea of going to the Hampton Institute.
Eventually, Marie Laveau would give up on Voodoo altogether and return completely to the Roman Catholic religion.
If you give up these things, and look upon them as nothing, with whom will you any longer be angry?
Till this people will consent to give up their lands, and divide them among their citizens so that each can own the land he cultivates, they will not make much more progress.