Give Sth Meaning Stop Bad Synonym Quit Hardest

Meaning: If you give up something, you stop doing it because it's bad for you.

• give up sth One of the hardest things I've ever done was to give up cigarettes.
  
  
• give sth up Your girlfriend said she hates it when you drink too much, so if you want to keep her you should give it up for a while.
  
  
• give up doing sth My doctor told me I should give up eating fatty foods and sweet desserts.
  
  

Nouns often used as objects with give up (2): cigarettes, alcohol, smoking, drinking, meat, desserts, sweets