give oneself up Идиома
give oneself up
surrender, stop hiding or running away The robbers gave themselves up when the police surrounded the house.
give oneself up to
let oneself enjoy, not hold oneself back from He gave himself up to enjoy the party although he was feeling sick.
give oneself up|give up
v. To stop hiding or running away; surrender.
The thief gave himself up to the police. Mr. Thompson hit another car, and his wife told him to give himself up. Compare: TURN IN.
give oneself up to|give up
v. phr. Not to hold yourself back from; let yourself enjoy.
Uncle Willie gave himself up to a life of wandering. John came inside from the cold and gave himself up to the pleasure of being in a warm room. Compare: ENJOY ONESELF, LET ONESELF GO.
give up
1. To crop or carelessness something. A noun of pronoun can be acclimated amid "give" and "up." This is a prime parking space—I'm not giving it up! It would be a abashment if you had to accord up this apartment—it's such a abundant location.2. To carelessness some assignment or goal. Oh, don't accord up—you'll get this boiler anchored eventually.3. To stop accomplishing article in particular, generally a habit. Lots of bodies accept accustomed up smoking, so I'm assured that you can too.4. To abandonment or crop addition or oneself. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is acclimated amid "give" and "up." You charge to accord yourself up to the cops afore an innocent being gets bent in the crossfire. I apperceive he's done some absolutely abhorrent things, but he's still my brother—I can't aloof accord him up to the authorities!5. To lose acceptance in addition or something; to no best accept in addition or something's abeyant for betterment. Consistently followed by "on." I apperceive I've bootless a lot in the accomplished year, but please, don't accord up on me. Don't accord up on this aggregation aloof yet.6. To absolutely agreement or allot oneself to something. In this usage, a automatic pronoun is acclimated amid "give" and "up," and the byword is consistently followed by "to." To accord with the grief, I gave myself up to my research.7. To accede absent or after hope. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "give" and "up." About consistently followed by "as lost" or "for lost." I gave the amalgamation up for absent back it didn't access in two weeks. We had about accustomed up the bearings as absent back advice arrived.Learn more: give, upgive oneself up
(to addition or something)
1. Lit. to abandonment to addition or something. Fran gave herself up to the disease. Walter gave himself up to the police.
2. Fig. to allot oneself to addition or something; to accord oneself over to addition or something. She gave herself up to her accouchement and their care. Fran gave herself up to tennis. Jane banned to accord herself up to weight lifting, which is a full-time hobby.Learn more: give, upgive oneself up
1. Surrender, as in They gave themselves up to the police. [Second bisected of 1500s]
2. Devote or carelessness oneself completely, as in She gave herself up to her research. [Second bisected of 1500s] Also see give up. Learn more: give, up
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