to give sb up for dead

  • 1give (one) up for — {v. phr.} To abandon hope for someone or something. * /After Larry had not returned to base camp for three nights, his fellow mountain climbers gave him up for dead./ …

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  • 2give (one) up for — {v. phr.} To abandon hope for someone or something. * /After Larry had not returned to base camp for three nights, his fellow mountain climbers gave him up for dead./ …

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  • 3give\ one\ up\ for — v. phr. To abandon hope for someone or something. After Larry had not returned to base camp for three nights, his fellow mountain climbers gave him up for dead …

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  • 4give — give1 W1S1 [gıv] v past tense gave [geıv] past participle given [ˈgıvən] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(present or money)¦ 2¦(put something in somebody s hand)¦ 3¦(let somebody do something)¦ 4¦(tell somebody something)¦ 5¦(make a movement/do an action)¦… …

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  • 5give — 1 verb past tense gavepast participle given PROVIDE/SUPPLY 1 (T) to provide or supply someone with something: give sb sth: Researchers were given a 10,000 grant to continue their work. | Can you give me a ride to the office on Tuesday? | He went… …

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  • 6give — give1 [ gıv ] (past tense gave [ geıv ] ; past participle giv|en [ gıvn ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 provide someone with something ▸ 2 make someone owner of something ▸ 3 put medicine in someone ▸ 4 cause effect/experience ▸ 5 communicate ▸ 6 perform action …

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  • 7give up — phrasal verb Word forms give up : present tense I/you/we/they give up he/she/it gives up present participle giving up past tense gave up past participle given up 1) [transitive] to stop doing something that you do regularly His wife finally… …

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  • 9Dead week — is a slang term for the week before schools final examinations in the United States of America. The week is known thus because of its notorious stress; the propensity for college and university students to save exam study until the last possible… …

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