give up on

give up on somebody/something

to stop expecting anything from someone or something Some officials seem to have given up on our public schools. Lee was about to give up on ever getting to that party. Cook's supporters gave up on him a week before the election.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Wobbe	-	Frisian
Rhona	-	Scottish
Claudio	KLOW-dyo	Italian, Spanish
Celino	che-LEE-no (Italian), the-LEE-no (Spanish), se-LEE-no (Latin American Spanish)	Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Basil	['bæzl]
CÉZar	-	Portuguese (Brazilian)