giving up
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3.2
- noun
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rendirse
- Fear instead the act of giving up before the end.
- mean giving up
- the idea of giving up
- just giving up
Well, Speaking of Ryland just giving up, It's time for a recap.
- Well, Speaking of Ryland just giving up, It's time for a recap.
- I'm working on it, on giving up waiting.
- And I think giving up on ourselves becomes a habit, right?
- But what are we so afraid of giving up if we say we're sorry?
- There is a point where to go back feels like giving up on themselves.
- Thank you Master yen D, for not giving up on me.
- Have you been close to giving up on Cali I never no.
Examples
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What's the benefit of giving up on yourself?
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You tell yourself that leaving the school would mean giving up, letting the others win.
Fiction book (2001) -
I felt like I was giving up on my child.
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I think the hard thing is just giving up the need to win.
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And I think giving up on ourselves becomes a habit, right?
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If you feel like giving up, OK, there's a process for this.
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Now he is able to finish all four laps without giving up.
Academic text (2013) -
If you don't have your dreams right now, you're giving up on yourself.
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I'm not giving up!
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She felt that giving up on her studies would lead to a lifetime of regret.
Synonyms
77
4.2
Giving up after defeat, for example when an army stops fighting
52
5.1
Saying you accept a point or a demand so talks can continue
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4.2
Accepting an unpleasant situation without trying to change it
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8.3
Giving up in a fight or war under agreed terms
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8.2
The act of giving up a right, position, or responsibility
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7.7
Giving up a right, job, or thing you own
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7.4
Giving up someone or something and leaving them behind
Admitting you have lost or accepting that others are right
An act of ending an argument by accepting the other person's view
Antonyms
How Persistent
Surface Forms
Morphology
giving + up
The meaning 'the act of stopping trying' is partly derivable from 'give' (relinquish/stop holding on) combined with the particle 'up' (completion/cessation), so a learner who knows the constituents can plausibly infer a sense of surrender. However, the specific pragmatic sense of quitting an effort (rather than literally handing something upward) depends on phrasal-verb usage and is somewhat idiomatic, so it is not fully predictable without exposure.
Etymology
Giving up comes from the clear image of a person in a fight who hands over their weapon or lifts a white flag — they are literally giving something up to the other side. So the phrase now means 'to stop trying' or 'to surrender'.