Give up
Give up verb - To give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress.
Usage example: was in so much debt he had to give up his house and move into a cheaper apartment
Both terms in one sentence
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You travel through the desert, release cloth creatures, avoid getting caught by the war machines, and never give up on your goal without a single word coming out of you.
- Pokémon Black and White versions feature as the main antagonist force Team Plasma, whose intent is to make trainers give up their Pokémon in order to release them back into the wild.
Source: Animal Wrongs Group -
As early as volume 8 of the Manga, he offers to give up his left eye to a spider demon if she'll release a friend, the Zashiki-Warashi, who was trying to recover his stolen right eye, leading to the monster deconstructing this trope and giving him an epiphany.
Source: Martyr Without a Cause
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Release and Give up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/give_up/release
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Release or Give up. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/give_up/release.
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