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How to pronounce give up in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms renounce, resign, vacate
Type of step down, quit, leave office, resign
Has types renounce, abdicate
Type Words
Synonyms free, release, relinquish, resign
Type of pass, give, turn over, pass on, reach, hand
Has types derequisition, give, sacrifice
Type Words
Synonyms cease, discontinue, lay off, quit, stop
Has types sign off, break, call it a day, call it quits, cheese, close off, drop, knock off, leave off, pull the plug, retire, shut off, withdraw
Type Words
Synonyms chuck up the sponge, drop by the wayside, drop out, fall by the wayside, quit, throw in, throw in the towel
Type Words
Synonyms surrender
Type of yield
Has types abnegate, concede, capitulate
Type Words
Synonyms kick
Type of foreswear, dispense with, relinquish, forgo, waive, forego


give up alcohol.
Type Words
Synonyms abandon
Has types sell out
Verb group give, founder, fall in, yield, ease up, break, collapse, cave in, give way, move over


Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations.
Type Words
Synonyms allow


give up a run.
Type Words
Synonyms abandon
Has types foreswear, renounce, quit, relinquish
Type Words
Synonyms cede, deliver, surrender
Type of give, gift, present
Has types sell, yield up, sign over, sign away
Type Words
Synonyms dispense with, part with, spare
Type of give
Type Words
Synonyms forego, forfeit, forgo, throw overboard, waive
Type of abandon
Has types lapse

Examples of give up

give up
Lawmakers have made plain they don't intend to give up their rate-setting power.
From the newsday.com
Can an indebted nation really give up so many hours to the Bills and the Browns?
From the omaha.com
We'd come so far and planned and invested so much that we just couldn't give up.
From the denverpost.com
Nobody likes to see a player give up in a tennis match, particularly at a major.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
When their profits turned to losses in the late 1990s, they didn't just give up.
From the businessweek.com
Well, for one thing I'm finally going to give up on many of my hydrangea shrubs.
From the online.wsj.com
The SATs force kids to hibernate in their houses and give up their social lives.
From the gothamgal.com
They advise employers not to give up too soon on their most experienced workers.
From the time.com
Many are now asking how long it will take for ETA to give up its armed struggle.
From the time.com