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1 ■ give up
■ give upA v. i. + avv.1 rinunciare ( a un tentativo): I gave up trying to swim across the river, rinunciai ad attraversare il fiume a nuoto; (fam.) I give up!, rinuncio (a indovinare); mi arrendo!2 arrendersi; darsi per vinto; cedere: At last the defenders gave up, alla fine i difensori si arresero3 smettere di lavorare; staccare (fam.)B v. t. + avv.1 consegnare; cedere; abbandonare: They gave up the town to the enemy, cedettero (o abbandonarono) la città al nemico; to give up one's seat to an elderly person, cedere il posto ( a sedere) a un anziano3 rivelare; svelare; rendere noto4 rinunciare a; smettere di: You should give up smoking, dovresti rinunciare al fumo (o smettere di fumare)5 abbandonare; lasciare; piantare (fam.): Don't give up your old friends!, non abbandonare i vecchi amici!; to give up all hope, lasciare ogni speranza6 (fam.) lasciare perdere7 dare (q.) per spacciato (morto, introvabile, bocciato, ecc.): to give sb. up for dead [for lost], dare q. per morto [per disperso]; Where have you been? We'd given you up, dove ti sei cacciato? pensavamo proprio che non ti avremmo visto (o che non saresti venuto)8 dedicare; impiegare: The whole lesson was given up to poetry, l'intera lezione è stata dedicata alla poesia9 ► give over, B, def. 2 e 3 □ to give oneself up, consegnarsi; (leg.) costituirsi; darsi, dedicarsi; abbandonarsi: He gave himself up to a life of debauchery, si diede a una vita di dissolutezza.NOTA D'USO: - to give up to do o to give up doing?-
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