Give Up: (3)

Grammar Tense Structure:

  • Present Tense: give / gives up
  • Past Tense: gave up
  • Past Participle: given up
  • Present Participle: giving up

1: When you stop trying to do something because you think you will never succeed, you give up or give up on it.

separable & non-separable phrasal verb

  • I’m really despondent at the moment, I just want to give up my job.
  • I don’t think I could ever give my job up, I love it too much!
  • I really believe in you, you can do it. I’ll never give up on you.

2: When you are running from or fighting with the police or enemy soldiers and you surrender, you give up or give yourself up.

separable & non-separable phrasal verb

  • When the soldiers realized they were surrounded by the enemy they waived the white flag and gave up.
  • He gave himself up to the enemy and surrendered.
  • The thief ran from the police and tired to hide but when he realised there was no way out, he gave himself up.

3: When you stop doing something you do regularly, such as a sport or a job, you give it up.

separable & non-separable phrasal verb

  • The footballer was seriously injured during the game and after three months of rehabilitation he realised he couldn’t overcome the injury so he gave up the game and retired.
  • Even though I was needing the money, I gave up my evening job whilst I was at university because I was just so tired and exhausted all the time.
  • I just had to give my job up as I was too tired all the time!

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