give up
— phrasal verb with give uk/ɡɪv/us/ɡɪv/verb gave, given
to stop trying to guess:
You'll never guess the answer - do you give up?
I give up - how many were there?
More examples
- After ten minutes trying to get the answer I gave up.
- "Do you give up?" "No, I want another clue."
- I give up - tell me the answer!
- No, you're wrong - do you give up?
- I haven't a clue - I give up.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Accepting & agreeing reluctantly
- acceptance
- acquiescent
- bend to sth
- capitulate
- cave in
- compromise
- condescend
- defer
- meet
- meet sb halfway idiom
- philosophical
- relent
- resign
- resort
- resort to sth
- sell
- surrender
- swallow
- tolerate
- trade
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