give up as lost
give up as lost
To consider lost or without hope. A noun or pronoun can be used after "give" or after "up." I gave the pizza up as lost when it didn't arrive in two hours. We had nearly given up the situation as lost when help arrived.
See also: give, lost, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- get lost
- Get lost!
- lose to
- lose to (someone or something)
- lost on
- lost on (one)
- lost on one
- shuffle
- be lost in the shuffle
- lose somebody/something in the shuffle