Examples of use of gave it up
1. We gave it up despite having all the [necessary] approvals.
2. "We use the expression, ‘He gave it up,‘ " Griffin said.
3. He used to be a teacher but gave it up because his salary was so paltry.
4. He gave it up seven months later after learning the depth of PTL‘s financial problems.
5. Valerie would be gobsmacked if I gave it up, he explained.