Give up
Give up verb - To give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress.
Both terms in one sentence
- The Romans simply began a war of attrition and cut off Carthage's supply lines to Hannibal using sea vessels that Hannibal could not counter (the last Punic war ended with an agreement that said Carthage had to give up its fleet).
Source: Strategy Versus Tactics - There is a reason for this: During the beta for the first game, a very common dirty trick was for a losing player to hide a very difficult to spot building such as a supply building in an obscure part of the map in hopes that the opponent would give up and cede the game in frustration.
Source: Franchise / StarCraft
Cite this Source
Supply and Give up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/give_up/supply
Give up & Supply. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/give_up/supply>.
Supply or Give up. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/give_up/supply.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "give up" and "supply" have occurred on timeline