abandon#1 (v)
give up (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 31
def stop maintaining or insisting on
def of ideas or claims
examples He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage
Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
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Verb Group collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder; move over, give way, give, ease up, yield
Derivationally related form abandon → abandonment
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Derivationally related form abandonment → abandon
Verb Group move over, give way, give, ease up, yield; collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder

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