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Abandon Idea Abandoned Stop Thinking Logic Prevailed Place

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If you a______ an idea or way of thinking, you stop having that idea or thinking in that way.If you abandon an idea or way of thinking, you stop having that idea or thinking in that way.
Logic had prevailed and he had abandoned the idea.
word abandon
full-definition
verb
If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
He claimed that his parents had abandoned him.
The road is strewn with abandoned vehicles.
If you abandon an activity or piece of work, you stop doing it before it is finished .
The authorities have abandoned any attempt to distribute food.
The scheme's investors, fearful of bankruptcy, decided to abandon the project.
If you abandon an idea or way of thinking, you stop having that idea or thinking in that way.
Logic had prevailed and he had abandoned the idea.
If you abandon yourself to an emotion, you think about it a lot and feel it strongly, especially when other people might think you are wrong to do so.
We are scared to abandon ourselves to our feelings in case we seem weak or out of control.
noun
If you say that someone does something with abandon, you mean that they behave in a wild, uncontrolled way and do not think or care about how they should behave.
He has spent money with gay abandon.
Their permissiveness toward their children reflects the wild abandon of their own lives.
inflections abandonsabandoningabandoned
cefr-level B2

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2

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