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- verb transitive To
give up ,hand over ,surrender (something). - verb transitive To
entrust (something) to another. - verb transitive To
devote or resign to a particular purpose oractivity ; toyield completely . - verb transitive To
quit , toabandon . - verb UK, idiomatic Usually as an imperative. To stop
fooling around ; to stop being annoying; to stop saying silly orflattering things.
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Xina54 commented on the word give over
Wiktionary (5 definitions)
–verb
1. (transitive) To entrust something to another.
2. (transitive) To yield completely, to quit, to abandon.
3. (transitive) To addict, resign or apply (one’s self).
4. (reflexive) To devote oneself to a particular activity.
5. (British, idiom) Usually as an imperative. To tell someone to stop molesting, fooling around, or saying silly things. Or sometimes to stop saying flattering things.
February 13, 2011
bilby commented on the word give over
See give over.
February 13, 2011