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Verb give-up has 12 senses
- forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo - lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime
--1 is one way to abandon
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Somebody ----s something
- abandon, give up - 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"
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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- drop out, give up, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw in, throw in the towel, quit, chuck up the sponge - give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up"
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Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
=> Somebody ----s something
- discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off - put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"
Sample sentence:
They give up moving
- spare, give up, part with, dispense with - give up what is not strictly needed; "he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey"
--5 is one way to give
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Somebody ----s something
- release, relinquish, resign, free, give up - part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
--6 is one way to pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give
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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- vacate, resign, renounce, give up - 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"
--7 is one way to leave office, quit, step down, resign
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Somebody ----s something
- surrender, cede, deliver, give up - relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in"
--8 is one way to give, gift, present
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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- surrender, give up - give up or agree to forego to the power or possession of another; "The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered"
--9 is one way to yield
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Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- abandon, give up - 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"
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Somebody ----s something
- give up, allow - allow the other (baseball) team to score; "give up a run"
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Somebody ----s something
- forgo, give up - refrain from consuming; "You will have to forgo alcohol"
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Somebody ----s something
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