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 Translation for 'to give sth up' from English to Icelandic
falla frá e-uto give sth. up
víkja frá e-uto give sth. up
Partial Matches
leggja árar í bátto give up
pakka saman [óeiginl.]to give up
gefast uppto give up
unverified flosna upp frá búito give up farming
Láttu ekki deigan síga!Don't give up!
gefa upp öndina [orðtak]to give up the ghost [idiom]
vera ekki á þeim buxunum gefast uppto not going to give up
veita e-m e-ðto give sb. sth.
víkja e-u e-mto give sb. sth.
e-m e-ðto give sb. sth.
setja e-ð veðito give sth. as security
flikka upp á e-ðto give sth. a facelift
segja fyrir um e-ðto give instructions about sth.
fága e-ð [gamalt]to give sth. a polish
unverified fá útrás fyrir e-ðto give vent to sth.
ala e-ð [fæða]to give birth to sth.
segja til um e-ðto give the word about sth.
framkalla e-ðto give rise to sth. [cause]
segja frá e-uto give an account of sth.
fínpússa e-ðto give sth. the final touch
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Usage Examples English
  • Papal legates and Archbishop Albik tried to persuade Hus to give up his opposition to the papal bulls and the king made an unsuccessful attempt to reconcile the two parties.
  • Grierson decided to give up smoking and drinking to benefit his health.
  • Yet several women were able to find success during their lifetime, even though their careers were affected by personal circumstances – Bracquemond, for example, had a husband who was resentful of her work which caused her to give up painting.
  • It is estimated that some 20% of Esperanto leaders and 3–4% of ordinary Esperantists switched to Ido, which from then on suffered constant modifications seeking to perfect it, but which ultimately had the effect of causing many Ido speakers to give up on trying to learn it.
  • The fear of Soviet invasion and Joseph Stalin's unconcealed desire for Soviet military bases in the Turkish Straits eventually caused Turkey to give up its principle of neutrality in foreign relations and join NATO in February 1952.

  • In Norway, the historian Edvard Bull famously proclaimed that "we have to give up all illusions that Snorri's mighty epic bears any deeper resemblance to what actually happened" in the time it describes.
  • He may have been told to either resign from the Order or to give up his occupation as coroner.
  • The Qing were again defeated and forced to give up Kowloon Peninsula and Stonecutters Island in the Convention of Peking.
  • Beliefs that are "held come what may" are beliefs one is unwilling to give up, regardless of any evidence with which one might be presented.
  • In 2000, a group of 14 former GCHQ employees, who had been dismissed after refusing to give up their union membership, were offered re-employment, which three of them accepted.

  • Franchising is one of the few means available to access venture capital without the need to give up control of the operation of the chain and build a distribution system for servicing it.
  • A mental breakdown in 1908 forced him to give up heavy drinking, and he was cheered by his increasing acceptance by the people of Kristiania and exposure in the city's museums.
  • In certain areas of the law another head of damages has long been available, whereby the defendant is made to give up the profits made through the civil wrong in restitution.
  • The memorial is only a few blocks from other historic sites, including the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, the Alabama State Capitol, the Alabama Department of Archives and History, the corners where Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks boarded buses in 1955 on which they would later refuse to give up their seats, and the Rosa Parks Library and Museum.
  • He urges the congregation not to give up the struggle but to do everything possible to fight the plague.

  • The corner will occasionally throw in a white towel to signify a boxer's surrender (the idiomatic phrase "to throw in the towel", meaning to give up, derives from this practice).
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