Given-up Sentence Examples

It was possible that his father had given up on him.

He had given up being a salesman to fulfill a lifelong dream of being a veterinarian.

I have given up.

The government agents who dogged him have given up chase for the so called tipster so he is free to finally enjoy his retirement.

This Ancient Immortal hadn't given up his soul without a struggle.

On it was one soul, that of his brother Kris, who had given up his life to get Katie out of Death's underworld.

She'd given up trying to convince him they were real.

I've given up on finding a nishani for my planet.

Although he wouldn't have given up those days for anything, he felt this to be more like a family, closer to what life had been like as a human.

I haven't given up on that horse ranch dream yet.

Alex might have given up on her, but Josh had doubled his efforts.

Oh Alex, I can't help but wonder if some day when I'm bloated and cranky, you'll wish you hadn't given up your freedom.

It looks like she's too goody-goody to sue any­body, but I haven't given up yet.

Dean glanced at his watch and threaded his way through the crowd to the bar, hoping Cynthia had not given up.

Things were uncomfortable between them, but they hadn't given up.

He'd left her sleeping and assumed she'd given up whatever game she played.

Even after she had returned his ring, he hadn't given up.

You've given up warning me off?

The charge given up to the inner cylinder is known from its loss of potential.

For a short period the day was changed to Tuesday, but the market was given up before 1888.

He was shot (December 9, 1828), by the order of Lavalle, and during the year 1828 the country was given up to the horrors of civil war.

Jugurtha fell into the trap and was given up to Sulla.

Hence he inferred that the amount of heat given up to the condenser of an engine when the engine is doing work must be less than when the same amount of steam is blown through the engine without doing any work.

Unfortunately several of these fertile tracts suffer severely from malaria (q.v.), and especially the great plain adjoining the Gulf of Tarentum, which in the early ages of history was surrounded by a girdle of Greek cities—some of which attained to almost unexampled prosperity—has for centuries past been given up to almost complete desolation.

Green calls this king, had not, however, given up the struggle, and he was still in the field when he was taken ill, dying in Newark castle on the 19th of October 1216.

Civil jurisdiction in causes appears to have been given up early (Cornelius, Svenska Kirkaus Historia, Upsala, 18 75, pp. 146, 186, 189, 285).

In 1552 Eger resisted the repeated assaults of a large Turkish force; in 1596, however, it was given up to the Turks by the Austrian party in the garrison, and remained in their possession until 1687.

He seems, however, not to have been contented with this position, and to have entertained the design of putting an end to the dependent kingdoms. At all events we hear of no kings of the Hwicce after about 780, and the kings of Sussex seem to have given up the royal title about the same time.

The threat that seems to be conveyed in these words, of trying to promote a new crusade, was never carried out; the remaining years of Dominic's life were wholly given up to the founding of his order.

In Europe the wild boar is still hunted with dogs, but the spear, except when used in emergencies and for giving the coup de grace, has been given up for the gun.

In the parts of the state settled by people from New England township meetings were held in the early days, but their functions were gradually transferred, , to the trustees, and by 1820 the meetings had been given up almost entirely.

By about the beginning of our era the Jews had given up Hebrew and wrote in Aramaic; the process of expulsion had been going on, doubtless, for some time; but comparison with the later extant literature (Chronicles, the Hebrew Ecclesiasticus or Ben-Sira, Esther) makes it improbable that such Hebrew as that of Koheleth would have been written earlier than the 2nd century B.C. (for details see Driver's Introduction).

Soaps made by this process contain the glycerin originally present in the oil, but, in view of their liability to contain free alkali and unsaponified oil, the process has been largely given up.

The water-front, especially on the east side, is given up to manufacturing and shipping establishments.

His leisure time was given up to natural history, and especially to mineralogy and botany.

A far more radical remodelling of the army was undertaken at Babylon in 323, by which the old phalanx system was to be given up for one in which the unit was to be composed of Macedonians with pikes and Asiatics with missile arms in combination - a change calculated to be momentous both from a military point of view in the coming wars, and from a political, in the close fusion of Europeans and Asiatics.

A trigonometrical survey was given up and only details of immediate practical use are required.

After Christ has appeared from heaven in the guise of a warrior, and vanquished the antichristian world-power, the wisdom of the world and the devil, those who have remained steadfast in the time of the last catastrophe, and have given up their lives for their faith, shall be raised up, and shall reign with Christ on this earth as a royal priesthood for one thousand years.

When hostilities afterwards broke out in 1794, it was again taken possession of by the English, and was held by them till 1816, when it was a second time given up to the French; it has ever since remained in their possession.

The ground floor, except for the serdab, is given up to kitchens, store-rooms, servants' quarters, stables, &c. The principal rooms are on the first floor and open directly from a covered veranda, which is reached by an open staircase from the court.

Lower Euclid Avenue (the old country road to Euclid, 0., and Erie, Pa.) is given up to commercial uses; the eastern part of the avenue has handsome houses with spacious and beautifully ornamented grounds, and is famous as one of the finest residence streets in the country.

I have given up all idea of burying myself in Egypt or Italy.

We refer to Bhaskara Acarya, whose work the Siddhanta-ciromani (" Diadem of an Astronomical System "), written in 1150, contains two important chapters, the Lilavati (" the beautiful [science or art] ") and Viga-ganita (" root-extraction "), which are given up to arithmetic and algebra.

His conduct immediately after Johannesburg had given up its arms, and while the reform committee were in prison, was distinctly disingenuous.

He also returned, not too welladvisedly, to the business of courtiership, which he had given up since the death of the regent.

Dara, who again invaded Gujarat, was defeated and closely pursued, and was given up by the native chief with whom he had taken refuge.

Peter the Cruel, his nephew, reigned over Castile; and the murderers were given up as soon as required.

It is best to think of him only as the intellectual worker, pursuing in uncomforted obscurity the laborious and absorbing task to which he had given up his whole life.

This level eastern part was probably given up to fine houses, all traces of which have perished.

Much of a priest's time was given up to the toilet of the god or goddess.

This was, however, given up at the peace.

Meanwhile he had given up the Calvinistic views of his youth, and had become an enthusiastic follower of John Henry Newman.

The last ten years of his life were given up to the imitation of Greek poets of the Alexandrian school.

Hereupon the Janissaries and other enemies of progress rose at Adrianople, and in view of their number, exceeding io,000, and the violence of their opposition, it was decided that the reforms must be given up for the present.

The difference in loss in the two cases measured the energy given up to and sent out by the resonator as sound.

Lord Carnarvon declined to entertain the proposal made by Mr Brand that the territory should be given up by Great Britain.

Finally, in 1571, as he tells us in an inscription still extant, he retired to Montaigne to take up his abode there, having given up his magistracy the year before.

The Germans had for long past given up all efforts at Germanization; their watchword was " maintenance of the national status quo " - that is to say, not an aggressive but a defensive principle.

His scientific life was now over, his political life was to begin; in the notoriety of that political life his great scientific and philosophical knowledge was to be forgotten, the high position he had given up denied, and he himself scoffed at as an ignorantcharlatan, who had sold quack medicines about the streets of Paris, and been glad to earn a few sous in the stables of the comte d'Artois.

Some have given up all grain and pulse foods, and have declared that old age can be best resisted by living entirely upon fruits, salads, nuts, soft water and milk products.

In this struggle the syndic, Philibert Berthelier, succeeded in concluding (1519) an alliance with Fribourg, which, however, had to be given up almost immediately.

Among the more noteworthy cases which fell under his direction were the proceedings against "Martin Mar-Prelate," Thomas Cartwright and his friends, and John Penry, whose "seditious writings" he caused to be intercepted and given up to the lord keeper.

There he met other Swiss, among them Marat and Etienne Dumont, but their schemes for a new Geneva in Ireland - which the government favoured - were given up when Necker came to power in France, and Claviere, with most of his comrades, went to Paris.

Nevertheless, judgment was given according to the evidence of Marcus, and Claudius commanded Virginia to be given up to him.

Agnes, Cambs., but the greater part of his life was given up to teaching, as headmaster of Helston grammar school from 18J5 to 1859 and of King Edward VI.

In 1555 Salah Rais, pasha of Algiers, set men to work to pull it down, but the records say that the attempt was given up because big black wasps came from under the stones and stung them to death.

It was obtained as a by-product in many chemical reactions, and subsequently used to be extracted from kainite, one of the Stassfurt minerals, but the process is now given up because the salt can be produced cheaply enough from the chloride by decomposing it with sulphuric acid and calcining the residue.

Save the Vaal river no frontier was indicated, and " boasting," writes Livingstone in his Missionary Travels, " that the English had given up all the blacks into their power.

A large part of the province was given up to pasture, and the mountains were covered with forests, which abounded in wild boars, bears and wolves.

The years1885-1888were given up to investigations in Asia Minor, his discoveries and conclusions being communicated to the Journal of Hellenic Studies and other magazines and reviews.

In the following century the Vandals settled in Pannonia (western Hungary), while the Goths occupied Dacia, which had now been given up by the Romans, and subsequently took possession also of large territories to the south of the lower Danube.

It was, in spite of the new ideas, an austere life, of the kind called contemplative, given up to prayer, the reading of the Scriptures and heavy field-work.

The life is mainly given up to devotional contemplative exercises; the church services are of extreme length; intellectual study is little cultivated; manual labour has almost disappeared; there are many hermits on Athos.

But the combination failed; they were severely harassed on the St Lawrence, and the invasion was given up.

This work centred at Wellington Valley and Moreton Bay, but was given up in 1842.

All the conquests made by the French were given up.

But they were compelled to abandon all claim to the Spanish Netherlands, which were formally handed over to the United Provinces, as trustees, to be by them, after the conclusion of a satisfactory barrier treaty, given up to the emperor, of European politics.

None of the principles of the Treatise is given up in the later writings, and no addition is made to them.

If the linear velocity of the cups in feet a second is V 1, and the linear velocity of the jet is V2, then the velocity of the jet relative to the cup is V2 - V1 feet a second, and if the whole energy of the water is to be given up to the cups, the water must leave the cup with zero absolute velocity.

It was from the young Greenland colony that an attempt was made to establish a new outpost in Vinland, but plans for permanent settlement were given up on account of the hostility of the natives, with whom the settlers felt powerless to grapple.

They carry still further the tendencies that differentiate the friars from the monks; and in particular, in order to be more free in devoting themselves to their special works, the orders of regular clerks have commonly given up the choral celebration of the canonical office, which had been maintained by the friars.

St Vincent of Paul soon followed; in 1633 he established the Sisters of Charity, bound only by yearly vows, and wholly given up to works of charity - chiefly nursing in hospitals and in the homes of the poor, and primary education in poor schools.

They begin in the thirteenth year of his reign, and tell us that in the ninth year he had invaded Kalinga, and had been so deeply impressed by the horrors involved in warfare that he had then given up the desire for conquest, and devoted himself to conquest by "religion."

In June 1662, having given up his own house to a poor family who were suffering from small-pox, he went to his sister's house to be nursed, and never afterwards left it.

The idea of a council, however, was not given up although it took a different form.

He inherited all Sicily, save half Palermo - the other half had been given up - and part of Calabria.

In 1870 the station at Bimbia was given up by the missionaries, but that at Akwa town continued to flourish, the Dualla showing themselves eager to acquire education, while Saker reduced their language to writing.

The indicative use was soon given up and the pseudo-participle was employed only as predicate, especially indicating a state; e.g.

Maria Theresa had never given up hope that she would recover Silesia; and as all the neighbouring sovereigns were bitterly jealous of Frederick, and somewhat afraid of him, she had no difficulty in inducing several of them to form a scheme for his ruin.

By some considered as a fanatical devotee, and by others as given up to mysticism, he is generally described as kind and gentle in disposition, and devoted to the interests of his country.

Miquel had entirely given up his Liberalism, and aimed at practical measures for improving the condition of the people irrespective of the party programmes; yet some of his measures - such as that for taxing "Waarenhauser" (stores) - were of a very injudicious nature.

Brunhilda was given up to him, and died a terrible death, being dragged at the heels of a wild horse (613).

Many distinguished compositions appeared in its pages, but it gradually languished, and was given up after a year's experiment.

The republic has given up its own military contingent, its coinage and its postal dues to the German Empire; but it has preserved its municipal self-government and its own territory, the inhabitants of which enjoy equal political privileges with the citizens.

For three days the city was given up to plunder.

On the 4th of Saphar (February loth) he came with his retinue into the camp. The city was then given up to plunder and slaughter; many public buildings were burnt; the caliph, after having been compelled to bring forth all the hidden treasures of the family, was killed with two of his sons and many relations.

Army had to be given up owing to the snow.

Lysimachus was killed; after some days his body, watched by a faithful dog, was found on the field, and given up to his son Alexander, by whom it was interred at Lysimachia.

It is commonly said that in making this distinction Mill has practically given up utilitarianism, because he has applied to pleasure (alleged to be the supreme criterion) a further criterion which is not pleasure.

The popular name of the Blue-coat school is derived from the dress of the boys - originally (almost from the time of the foundation) a blue gown, with knee-breeches, yellow petticoat and stockings, neckbands and a blue cap. The petticoat and cap were given up in the middle of the 19th century, and thereafter no head-covering was worn.

When Saint-Mars was made governor of Exiles in 1681 we know from one of his letters that Mattioli was left at Pignerol; but in March 1694, Pignerol being about to be given up by France to Savoy, he and two other prisoners were removed with much secrecy to Ste Marguerite, where Saint-Mars had been governor since 1687.

Experiments on a working scale with one of the jet processes in America have, it is reported, been given up after a full trial.

He graduated at Oberlin College in 1851, having in the meantime given up his theological studies in rebellion at Finney's dogmatism.

Such time as the officials could spare from the main object of enriching themselves by extortion and corruption was given up to endless official and religious ceremonies and to petty disputes of etiquette and precedence.

But after his stay at Malta, Coleridge announced to his friends that he had given up his "Socinianism" (of which ever afterwards he spoke with asperity), professing a return to Christian faith, though still putting on it a mystical construction, as when he told Crabb Robinson that "Jesus Christ was a Platonic philosopher."

These troubles were finally ended in 1884, when the country was given up by the Cape and became a crown colony (see Basutoland).

The older part of the town, being the whole of the municipal borough previous to 1836, occupies the west bank of the Taw& near its mouth and is now wholly given up to business.

Owing to events on their right, they had given up their somewhat disjointed efforts to defeat the Bulgarian centre, and retired in a direction or directions which the victors were unable to determine.

Dumbarton was of old the capital of the earldom of Lennox, but was given up by Earl Maldwyn to Alexander II., by whom it was made a royal burgh in 1221 and declared to be free from all imposts and burgh taxes.

In 1865, when he had practically given up "transcendentalism," his church building was sold and his congregation began to worship in Lyric Hall under the name of the Independent Liberal Church; in 1875 they removed to the Masonic Temple, but four years later illhealth compelled Frothingham's resignation, and the church dissolved.

And, amid many shiftings of allegiance, Ataulphus seems never to have wholly given up the position of an ally of the Empire.

Facing the Maidan for a couple of miles is the Chowringhee, one of the famous streets of the world, once a row of palatial residences, but now given up almost entirely to hotels, clubs and shops.

These reasons are purely experimental, and in no way connected with Christianity, for he had long before given up all belief in revealed religion.

The next three days were given up to banqueting, but on the 7th of November "an entertainment of another sort began."

Having previously given up Hereford and Ramsbury, Aldred was elected archbishop of York in 1060, and in 1061 he proceeded to Rome to receive the pallium.

Scholarly, and of good principles, they had given up the conflict with the vices and disorder that prevailed.

Even the statement as to the one or two complete copies of the Avesta may be given up as the invention of a later day.

Whilst visiting his diocese, however, he was thrown into prison, and had to pay 3000 pistoles to prevent his being given up to Elizabeth.

Disenchanted and dissatisfied, Gotama had given up all that most men value, to seek peace in secluded study and self-denial.

Seeing Kassapa, who as the chronicle puts it, was as well known to them as the banner of the city, the people at first doubted who was the teacher and who the disciple, but Kassapa put an end to their hesitation by stating that he had now given up his belief in the efficacy of sacrifices either great or small; that Nirvana was a state of rest to be attained only by a change of heart; and that he had become a disciple of the Buddha.

Meanwhile the prophet's father, Suddhodana, who had anxiously watched his son's career, heard that he had given up his asceticism, and had appeared as a Wanderer, an itinerant preacher and teacher.

In modern times the coast of Achaea is mainly given up to the currant industry; the currants are shipped from Patras, the second town of Greece, and from Aegion (Vostitza).

Then came the news of the armistice of Znaim (July 12), by which Tirol and Vorarlberg were surrendered by Austria unconditionally and given up to the vengeance of the French.

Waugh had given up pastoral work in 1887 to devote his whole time to the society, and he retained his post as director until 1905, when the state of his health com - pelled his retirement.

The great towns are wholly given up to the abominations of the From Strasburger's Lehrbuch der Botanik, by permission of Gustav Fischer.

All hostages held by the over-king from the Northmen and Irish of Leth Moga were to be given up to Brian, which was a virtual surrender of all his rights over the southern half of Ireland; while Brian on his part recognized Maelsechlainn as sole king of Leth Cuinn.

Disappointment brought on an illness, on his recovery from which he seems for a time to have given up his studies, and to have plunged into the gay life of the world.

The latter wished not only to take possession of the Netherlands, which were to be given up to him with half of the United Provinces and their colonial empire; he wanted to play the Charlemagne, to re-establish Catholicism in that country as Philip II.

But though its instruments were weak the Republic was still strong, and the struggle itself, a struggle quite as much for a peaceful frontier as for aggrandizement and annexation of fresh land, could not be given up without risk to, the lands already won.

The conflict for the caliphate (q.v.) between Omayyad and Abbasid removed all shadew of control by the head of the Mahommedan world, and Spain was given up to mere anarchy.

Alphonso was compelled to withdraw a garrison he had placed in Murcia, and Valencia was, by his decision, given up by the widow of the Cid.

It was taken by the Swedes in 1658, but its possession was again given up to the Danes in 1660.

Now Egypt, Asia Minor, Armenia, western Syria and the Hauran were almost wholly given up to these forms of opinion.

The older structure dating from the year 1857, originally used for the railway, is now given up to road traffic, and the railway carried by a new bridge completed in 1891.

The lectures on classics do not seem to have satisfied him, and, though he attended courses on theology, and even preached on one or two occasions, he appears finally to have given up the intention of entering the Church.

Offa's policy was apparently the extinction of the dependent kingdoms. In his reign the dynasties of Kent, Sussex and the Hwicce seem to have disappeared, or at all events to have given up the kingly title.

How could she explain in a delicate manner, why she had virtually given up dating?

I suppose if I had met a woman and loved her enough, I would have given up the ranch, but I knew I would be resentful, so I simply avoided any situation that might end up in romance.

I've kind of given up on my past but I'm curious if this has anything to do with it.

She'd given up her own, and to invite hope when she needed to focus on stopping the demon for good…her resolve was too brittle to consider any other fate.

With their blanket bans they have given up any tenuous moral right they may have had.

How could his son ever find contentment in his life, always knowing what he had given up?

Without the society's constant encouragement we might well have given up.

It holds that she has given up all she used to hold as a left wing firebrand.

But the wind made the work too hazardous, and the attempt had to be given up.

You often see people admitted to hospital in real disarray, people who have given up and who have lost hope.

Whatever is intended to produce hypnosis, is likely to induce sordid intoxication, or creates fog, has got to be given up.

I have given up in the past and only suffered irritability, not psychotic depression.

I do not think EW would willingly have given up this wonderful skit.

No attempt was made to colonize the locality until after this settlement was given up in 1831.

After the fall of the Roman Empire the workings remained abandoned until the days of the Pisan supremacy, 3 and were again given up under the Spanish government, especially after the discovery of America.

Milan was invested in 1161, starved into capitulation after nine months resistance, and given up to total destruction by the Italian imperialists of Fredericks army, so stained and tarnished with the vindictive passions of municipal rivalry was even this, the one great glorious strife of Italian annals.

He promised, indeed, a consultative council of state, and granted an amnesty from which no less than 25,000 persons were excluded; but on his return to Rome (12th April 1850), after he was quite certain that France had given up all idea of imposing constitutional limitations on him, he re-established his government on the old lines of priestly absolutism, and, devoting himself to religious practices, left political affairs mostly to the astute cardinal Antonelli, who repressed with great severity the political agitation which still continued.

A third great department of practice is formed by obstetric medicine or midwifery (see Obstetrics); and dentistry, or dental surgery, is given up to a distinct branch of the profession.

The distinction was never a scientific one, even in the sense in which the word science can be used of the middle ages; it originated in social conceits and in the contempt for mechanical arts which came of the cultivation of "ideas" as opposed to converse with "matter," and which, in the dawn of modern methods, led to the derision of Boyle by Oxford humanists as one given up to "base and mechanical pursuits."

In 12 9 5 a signory favourable to the grandi enacted a law attenuating the Ordinamenti, but now the grandi split into two factions, one headed by the Donati, which hoped to The abolish the Ordinamenti, and the other by the Cerchi, which had given up all hope of their abolition; after wards these parties came to be called Neri (Blacks) and Bianchi (Whites).

Consequently Cyrenaica is still in a very backward and barbarous state and largely given up to nomad Arabs.

The growing jealousy and enmity culminated in a dispute with Canon Cornelius von Lichtenfels, who, having called in Paracelsus after other physicians had given up his case, refused to pay the fee he had promised in the event of cure; and, as the judges, to their discredit, sided with the canon, Paracelsus had no alternative but to tell them his opinion of the whole case and of their notions of justice.

The minister for foreign affairs was at first called the Reichskanzler; but in 1871, when Andrassy succeeded Beust, this was given up in deference to Hungarian feeling, for it might be taken to imply that there was a single state of which he was minister.

Perhaps the soldiers had given up their plan.

Bagration appeared in the doorway of the anteroom without hat or sword, which, in accord with the club custom, he had given up to the hall porter.

On returning to Gorki after having seen Prince Andrew, Pierre ordered his groom to get the horses ready and to call him early in the morning, and then immediately fell asleep behind a partition in a corner Boris had given up to him.

We had ourselves long since given up eating conventionally reared pork and chicken, because it tasted and felt horrid.

But also are we not deeply saddened when we hear of those who appear to have strayed or given up?

If a queen or king abdicates, it means that they have given up their position as ruler.

There are many perfectly fine animals sitting in shelters that were given up by loving owners because they weren't allowed to make the move to the next dwelling.

Identity theft agents are on-call for emergencies, and those enrolled in the program are given up to $1 million in identity theft insurance.

Albou hasn't quite given up on the apparel fashion world either.

I was a lost child who had all but given up on life.

First, let me say that I am way relieved to hear Madonna has given up on the dream of acting.

The actress had called her pregnancy a "miracle," because she and Moder had given up hope after trying for more than a year to conceive.

It isn't really known if Disney had given up on the show for the next three years or if they just couldn't find the perfect cast, but in 2006, auditions for the soon-to-be ratings blockbuster were held again.

No confirmation on the rumored wedding, but what can be confirmed is that McConaughey has given up his beloved Airstream trailer for his girl.

While he didn't win the title of American Idol, Sanjaya hasn't given up on his musical career just yet.

Many have just plain given up on the show.

Though she was still making appearances on television, Valentine had given up on regular series' which led many people to wonder "what is Karen Valentine doing now?"

Dogs are given up or left behind when their guardians move.

While Florsheim is not currently advertising bamboo socks on their official site, there is no reason to assume they have given up making them completely.

If you have given up conventional foods for organic but are missing some old favorites, Applegate Farms organic hot dogs may be one answer.

Notably missing from the list is the Nintendo Game Boy Advance, but given that the big N has seemingly given up on the three pillar approach, it's understandable that GameAccess has left the GBA out in the cold.

This is especially true for heavy users who may have given up a traditional landline altogether in favor of using a cell phone as their primary point of contact.

Although he has been frequently photographed smoking, Joel Madden recently stated he has given up nicotine to do his part in keeping his child healthy.

Like most animal shelters, the Anoka County Humane Society is responsible for finding new homes for animals that are abandoned, given up by their owners or found as strays.

To achieve this goal you have given up dating, earning your own income, advancing your education and most importantly, you have waited for him to decide if he wants to marry you.

The teen love of Billy Lewis, she bore him a child that was later given up for adoption.

The actress delivered an impromptu speech, having given up preparing one many years before.

Ryan (AMC) - This young hero found true love the hard way and lost it, but he's never given up.

The child was then given up for adoption.

Now that his Clash days are behind him, he has given up music and paints full time, something he has enjoyed no small success in.

Taylor had given up work to raise her daughter, but without her husband's income, the financial strain started to take its toll on the family.

Remember, most of these folks have given up by the time they appear on the show.

Unfortunately, it was too little too late for many fans who had already given up on the series.

And that new treatment you've been wanting to try might have the same ingredients as one you've already given up on.

Do you think they may have given up?

She had given up years ago trying to convince him to let the rest of the world see that side.

That was not to say Fred had given up on amateur detecting.

She wasn't ready for that yet and she hadn't completely given up the idea of biological children.