give up Definition På dansk

• 0 to stop, abandon -- holde op; opgive

  • They gave up the search.

• 1 to stop using etc -- give afkald på

  • I won’t give up all my hobbies for you.

  • You’ll have to give up cigarettes

• 2 to hand over (eg oneself or something that one has) to someone else -- overgive; aflevere

  • He was eventually persuaded to give up the stolen jewels.

• 3 to devote (time etc) to doing something -- bruge

  • He gave up all his time to gardening.

• 4 (often with asor for) to consider (a person, thing etc) to be -- anse

  • You took so long to arrive that we had almost given you up (for lost).