Give up and Short

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

Short verb - To rob by the use of trickery or threats.

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Give up and short are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Give up" instead a verb "Short".

Crossing over with Early Installment Weirdness, Sam the Sheepdog and Ralph the Wolf's first short, "Don't Give up the Sheep" had the two be typical slapstick villain and foiler, with Sam (named Ralph in this short) instead switching shifts with another dog named Fred.

Source: Characterization Marches On / Western Animation
Subverted (or maybe zig-zagged) in Sartre's short story "The Wall." The protagonist / narrator is told that he will be shot at dawn if he does not give up the location of Ramon Gris.

Source: Interrogated for Nothing
Demonic Possession: Rick can give up control to the Terror Mask in the remake for short periods of time.

Source: Video Game / Splatterhouse

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