Give up
Give up verb - To give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress.
Pursued
Pursued adjective - Followed with enmity as if to harm.
Both terms in one sentence
- When they're pursued by the skull-headed Judge Mortis, several of them simply give up in the face of the undead abomination.
Source: Deer in the Headlights -
The song is appropriate, however, in that Adam won't give up any information about his father, who is being pursued by "Department 1-R".
Source: Literature / I Am the Cheese -
Maki in Drowtales after getting pursued up the sewers by two very determined Sarghress who refuse to give up or fall.
Source: Why Won't You Die?
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