give sb up
— phrasal verb with give uk/ɡɪv/us/ɡɪv/verb gave, given
(END FRIENDSHIP)
to stop having a friendship with someone:
She seems to have given up all her old friends.
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Stop having or doing something
- abdicate
- bail out
- bandh
- break with sth
- butt out
- cede
- drop
- fly
- forwent
- ghost
- give (sth) up
- give sth up as a bad job idiom
- give up on sb/sth
- give up sth
- grow
- subjugate
- take a back seat idiom
- throw (sth) up
- throw in the towel idiom 1
- towel
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(NOT EXPECT)
also give up on sb to stop expecting that someone will arrive:
I've been waiting half an hour - I'd almost given up on you.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Stop having or doing something
- abdicate
- bail out
- bandh
- break with sth
- butt out
- cede
- drop
- fly
- forwent
- ghost
- give (sth) up
- give sth up as a bad job idiom
- give up on sb/sth
- give up sth
- grow
- subjugate
- take a back seat idiom
- throw (sth) up
- throw in the towel idiom 1
- towel
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give sb up for dead also give up on sb
to think that someone is certain to die or to be dead:
The doctors had virtually given her up for dead, but she eventually recovered.
After a three-day search on the mountain, they gave him up for dead.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Stop having or doing something
- abdicate
- bail out
- bandh
- break with sth
- butt out
- cede
- drop
- fly
- forwent
- ghost
- give (sth) up
- give sth up as a bad job idiom
- give up on sb/sth
- give up sth
- grow
- subjugate
- take a back seat idiom
- throw (sth) up
- throw in the towel idiom 1
- towel
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