"give up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: give up [canonical], gives up [third-person, singular], gave up [past], given up [past, participle], giving up [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|give up|gives up|gave up|given up|giving up}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you give up something (or give something up), you surrender it--you have it taken from you; or you give it away.
    Sense id: simple-give_up-en-verb-JG6Rm27Y
  2. If you give up on something (or give something up), you stop doing it; you quit; you lose hope about it.
    Sense id: simple-give_up-en-verb-Es0d~wi8
  3. If you give up, you say you lost.
    Sense id: simple-give_up-en-verb-z3CmplMb Categories (other): Verbs
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