give up on
to stop hoping that someone will improve and stop trying to help or change them
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to stop hoping that someone will improve and stop trying to help or change them
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to suddenly become serious or less hopeful, or to suddenly make a situation seem serious or less hopeful
verb
to lose your determination or confidence, especially when someone is deliberately trying to make this happen
to stop believing that you can succeed
to have little hope that something will happen
to accept that you will not achieve, get, or keep something
to stop believing that something you want to happen might be possible
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a percussion instrument used by football fans which makes a rattling sound when shaken
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