Give up and Lie

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Give up verb - To give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress.

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Lie and give up are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lie" instead a verb "Give up".

Lie verb - To make a statement one knows to be untrue.

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Give up and lie are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Give up" instead a verb "Lie".

Nearby Word: lied

And then he is pretty much forced to give up that very thing, when the only person around to help move the cauldron only will do so on the condition that Taran lie and say the other person found and retrieved the thing.

Source: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished / Literature
In "The Family of Blood", John Smith learns that his life is a lie and must give up everything to become the Doctor again.

Source: Five Stages of Grief
Early in Hayate the Combat Butler, Hayate's devil tells him to give up and just lie down and die, while his angel tells him not to give up hope...and suggests that he kidnap Nagi and hold her for ransom, which freaks out the devil.

Source: Good Angel Bad Angel / Anime and Manga

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