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give up the fight
(redirected from give up the struggle)

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give up the fight and give up the struggle 
1. Lit. to quit fighting; to stop trying to do something. Don't give up the fight. Keep trying. Mary refused to give up the struggle.
2. Fig. to give up and die. At the end of months of pain, she gave up the fight. In the end, he lost interest in life and just gave up the struggle.
See also: fight, give, up


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The suffering that we experience as a result of oppression and marginalization does not lead Latinas to give up the struggle or to feel merely as objects that are victimized by the oppressor.
Pure music', without any acknowledged programme, it seemed to sum up so much of what I've been needing lately: music of immense power and strength, that simultaneously acknowledges both despair and determination--without optimism, but with a refusal to give up the struggle.
nbsp;so wholeheartedly that we give up the struggle and just sink back and concentrate on our waning powers.
 
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