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give up the ship

To stop fighting and surrender; stop trying or hoping to do something.

"Don't give up the ship, John," said his father when John failed a test.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[give up] {v.} 1a. To stop trying to keep; surrender; yield. * /The dog had the ball in his mouth and wouldn't give it up./ * /Jimmy is giving up […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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