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give up

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give up
1. to admit defeat or failure. Humans always mess things up, but we can't give up — we have to keep trying.
2. to stop trying to guess the correct answer. “Guess what I'm doing.” “Reading?” “Nope.” “I give up.”
See also: give

give up something
to stop doing or having something. She says she would give up eating before she gave up her cigarettes. You never give up looking for survivors of a disaster. He wasn't good at tennis, but he didn't want to give it up.
See also: give
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Mother didn't say anything about our money, and she won't wish us to give up everything.
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