I give up
You win, fine
I give up is an admission of defeat or surrender.
You say it when you stop trying—whether abandoning a puzzle, conceding an argument, or quitting a frustrating task: I give up, what's the answer?
The phrase can express genuine exhaustion or theatrical exasperation: I've explained this five times—I give up!
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
- raise the white flagSignal of surrender
- quitCease doing something
- call it quitsCease effort or partnership
- defeatVictory over another
cry uncle · white flag · tap out · throw in the towel · exhausted · hopeless · lost cause · frustrated · resign · concede · abandon · submit · yield · mercy · broken · despair · retreat · forfeit
- Self-Defeatwhy bother, what's the point, I can't
- surrendersurrender, surrenders, surrendering, I surrender, capitulate
- Resignationresign, resigned, I surrender, I concede, I yield
- yieldingI yield, surrender, I surrender, capitulation, I submit
- giving upquit, quitting, surrender, I surrender, abandon
- sarcastic phraseswhatever, who cares, yeah right, so what, why bother
I give upperseverance
Sustained resolve despite obstacles
persistence · tenacity · determination · doggedness · stick-to-itiveness
I give upnever say die
Refusal to surrender
optimism · hope · confidence · fighting spirit · defiance
give, gives, gave, given, giving, giver, givers, forgive, forgave