[give up] vt (13c) 1: to yield control or possession of: surrender "forced to give up his job"
2: to desist from: abandon "refused to give up her efforts"
3: to declare incurable or insoluble
4. a: to abandon (oneself) to a particular feeling, influence, or activity "gave himself up to despair" b: to devote to a particular purpose or use
5: to despair of seeing "we'd given you up"
6: to allow (a hit or run in baseball) while pitching ~ vi: to cease doing or attempting something esp. as an admission of defeat: quit--often used with on "don't give up on the project" -- give up the ghost : to cease to live or function: die