1
as in to stop
to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end
his wife suggested that he give over working such long hours if it was making him so unhappy
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2
as in to leave
to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another
gave over his entire savings to an investor
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Recent Examples of give over
Most available space will be given over to offices, plus there will be a boutique hotel and private outdoor terraces.
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Adam Williams
april 21, New Atlas, 21 Apr. 2026
However, neither design took well to electrical amplification, and, by the nineteen-forties, production lines had been given over to the guitar.
—Tim Parks, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2026
As part of the new effort, called Project Glasswing, Anthropic will give over 50 tech organizations access to Mythos Preview with over $100 million in usage credits.
—Kevin Collier, NBC news, 8 Apr. 2026
Listen, the Department of Defense has been given over a trillion dollars within the last year.
—ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
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Adam Williams
april 21, New Atlas, 21 Apr. 2026
However, neither design took well to electrical amplification, and, by the nineteen-forties, production lines had been given over to the guitar.
—Tim Parks, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2026
As part of the new effort, called Project Glasswing, Anthropic will give over 50 tech organizations access to Mythos Preview with over $100 million in usage credits.
—Kevin Collier, NBC news, 8 Apr. 2026
Listen, the Department of Defense has been given over a trillion dollars within the last year.
—ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for give over
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Quin Snyder’s Towns wrinkle stalled the Knicks briefly, then stopped working.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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The workers get ordered to start jobs, stop jobs, ignore jobs and are other things that turn them into ping pong balls, with the Butleys and the del Valles as the paddles.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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Then Cash made another surprising move by leaving Vilade in to hit against Gaddis rather than pinch-hitting lefty Jake Fraley, and that also paid off when Vilade delivered an RBI single up the middle.—
Marc Topkin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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The country’s labor market didn’t come to a standstill, as was the case in other countries in the region such as the United Arab Emirates where the vast majority of workers are migrants who tried to leave, but for Rozen, something new and troubling was laid bare.—
Theia Chatelle,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Apr. 2026
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Hollis then began posting occasional pictures of Pino from his Facebook page onto her own Facebook page, despite a judge’s order to cease.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
27 Apr. 2026
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Updates slowed after the original creators left the project, and new releases ceased entirely around 2007.—
Andrew Cunningham,
ArsTechnica,
27 Apr. 2026
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Limon won his Super Tiebreaker to hand the Scots the sweep.—
Gary Curreri,
Sun Sentinel,
2 May 2026
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But Ottawa was whistled for consecutive penalties in the final minute of the frame to hand Boston a chance to answer.—
Jason Cooke,
Boston Herald,
1 May 2026
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His step-back jumper with 32 seconds left was the exclamation point, a shot that ended Orlando’s final push and extended Detroit’s season.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2026
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Sophomore reliever Mason Almazan coaxed a shallow fly out with a runner at third to end the game.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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The casting has always managed to feel diverse, but in a guileless, incidental way, giving the appearance of multicultural inclusion without espousing any explicitly progressive viewpoints.—
Hua Hsu,
New Yorker,
29 Apr. 2026
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Inning-ending calls have been overturned, giving hitters another opportunity that, in some cases, has led to game-changing home runs.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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In a related lawsuit, a coalition of cultural preservation and architecture groups, including the American Institute of Architects and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, is also suing to halt the closure until the Center submits renovation plans to Congress for its approval.—
Elizabeth Blair,
NPR,
30 Apr. 2026
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The Florida Supreme Court denied an appeal last week to halt Hitchcock's execution.—
CBS Miami Team,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Phillips, a starter after transferring from Tennessee State, impressed scouts with his physical play, tackling and run defense.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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Tibbetts went to high school at Jefferson before transferring to a school in Sioux Falls as a junior.—
Annie Costabile,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Give over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/give%20over. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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