Give up meaning
Give up is a phrasal verb with 2 meanings. One of them is to abandon an activity or effort because continuing seems too difficult.
- Past simple
- gave up
- Past participle
- given up
- -ing form
- giving up
What give up means
stop tryingB2
To abandon an activity or effort because continuing seems too difficult
Don't give up just because the first attempt failed.
1 more meaning of give up is in the Retite app, with an example and a translation into your language.
More meanings in the appSimilar phrasal verbs
With give: give back, give away, give in, give out, give onto, give over, give something over to something/someone, give up on, give yourself over to, give off.
With up: wake up, pick up, grow up, line up, make up, set up, put up, go up, bring up, mess up.
Common questions
What does give up mean?
It has 2 meanings. One of them is to abandon an activity or effort because continuing seems too difficult. The other one, with an example and a translation into your language, is in the Retite app.
What is the past tense of give up?
Gave up. The past participle is given up.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
