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  • v  lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
  • v  give up with the intent of never claiming again
  • v  give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat
  • v  put an end to a state or an activity
  • v  give up what is not strictly needed
  • v  part with a possession or right
  • v  leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
  • v  relinquish possession or control over
  • v  give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another
  • v  stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims
  • v  allow the other (baseball) team to score
  • v  stop consuming
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  • Bemiss: Son lives the lesson: ‘Never give up’
    After an injury in Iraq and then a horrific car accident stateside left him quadriplegic, former Army Ranger and Sedalia native Chris Bemiss has a message to others with mobility issues: “Never give up.”
    June 17, 2013 - Sedalia Democrat
  • Athletic physicals have saved at least one life
    Athletic physicals have saved at least one life Seated in an Oak Ridge High School locker room and tipping the scales at all of about 90 pounds, I vividly recall a perplexed Horton glancing at his blood pressure monitor like it was broken. [...] after multiple tests and after I had to give up Little League baseball in the middle of a pennant run, a wise physician at Houston's Northeast Medical ...
    June 17, 2013 - Houston Chronicle
  • The Postal Service Delivers at the Barclays Center
    The Postal Service played cuts from its only album, “Give Up,” in a concert at the Barclays Center.
    June 16, 2013 - New York Times

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