1.
to stop hoping or believing that sb will change, get better, etc. :
His teachers seem to have given up on him.
2.
( especially NAmE ) = give sb up
1.
to stop hoping or believing that sb will change, get better, etc. :
His teachers seem to have given up on him.
2.
( especially NAmE ) = give sb up
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005