GIVE UP, GIVING UP
ADJECTIVES
.M19 — JACKED UP ruined, given up, abandoned → sl.
1940 — JACKED IN given up. abandoned → sl.
NOUNS
1523 — DEDITION giving up, yielding, surrender → obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
1917 — PIKER a person who gives up easily
VERBS
1300 — BANDON to give oneself up → obs.
1350 — TO-YIELD to yield up, to cede, to give up → obs.
1530 — CAST UP to give up, to abandon → obs.
1592 — QUITTANCE to give up, to cancel → obs.
1632 — SUCCUMB to abandon, to give up → obs.
1760 — TIE UP to give up, to desist from; to quit a course of action → sl.
1827 — QUIT to cease, to give up, to desist→ Sc.
1839 — MIZZLE to succumb; to yield; to give up → Eng. dial.
.M19 — CALL A GO to give up → sl.
.M19 — CHUCK IT — CHUCK IT IN — CHUCK IT UP to give up, esp. said of a job
1851 — QUILL-WHEEL to yield, to give up; to collapse physically → Amer. dial.
1859 — YELL CALF-ROPE to give up; to surrender; to capitulate, esp. in children’s games; to plead for mercy or admit defeat; to say uncle → US sl.
1873 — JACK — JACK IT IN — JACK UP to give up suddenly; to withdraw or back out of anything; to relinquish, to abandon, esp. to leave off or throw up work → Eng. dial.
1873 — JAG to give up suddenly; to withdraw or back out of anything; to relinquish, to abandon, esp. to leave off or throw up work → Eng. dial.
1877 — TEW UP to give up, to abandon → Eng. dial.
1883 — CHUCK to give up, to abandon → UK sl.
1888 — CRY CRACK to give up; to desist
..L19 — TAKE THE COUNT to give up, to leave → sl.
..20C — GO TO THE PACK to give up; to admit defeat → Aust. sl.
1903 — THROW IN ONE’S ALLEY to give up, to finish; to die → Aust. sl.
1905 — CASH to give up; to quit; to ‘cash in’ → US sl.
1920 — TANK to abandon deliberately, to give up, possibly for illicit monetary gain, esp. in boxing → sl.
1930 — TAKE THE SECONDS to give up, to abandon on second thoughts → UK criminals’ sl.
1935 — GEEK — GEEK IT to give up, to back down; to lose one’s nerve → US sl.
1938 — BUNG OUT to quit, to give up → Amer. dial.
1942 — PACK IN to stop, to cease an activity or to function; to become useless; to give up; to retire; to die → sl.
1945 — HANG UP ONE’S FIDDLE to give up → US Western sl. (Bk.)
1945 — PACK UP to desist; to give up → cyclist’s usage
1953 — GIVE THE GAME AWAY to cease doing something; to abandon; to give up → Aust. sl.
1960 — BAG IT to disregard, to give up → US sl.
1970 — COP OUT to quit; to give up without trying → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1970 — FLICK IT IN to give up or become resigned → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1981 — DROP ONE’S BUNDLE to give up, especially out of a sense of despair or inadequacy → Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
1996 — THROW A TUB TO THE WHALE to give up and let someone have his or her own way → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1999 — DROP YOUR BUNDLE to give up; to have a nervous breakdown → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
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