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
Isolda	i-ZOL-də (English), i-SOL-də (English)	Arthurian Romance
Rupert	RUY-pərt (Dutch), ROO-pərt (English), RUW-pert (Polish)	German, Dutch, English, Polish
Jayce	JAYS	English
Price	PRIES	Welsh
Slobodanka	-	Serbian, Croatian
Iokua	-	Hawaiian