relinquish

relinquish (one's) grasp on (something) (to someone or something)

To forfeit, turn over, or yield control of something (to another person, group, organization, etc.). She refused to relinquish her grasp on the company to someone who wasn't in the family. They were forced to relinquish their grasp on the land to the government. They will now relinquish their grasp on the senate following the results of the election.
See also: grasp, on, relinquish, someone

relinquish (one's) grasp over (something) (to someone or something)

To forfeit, turn over, or yield control of something (to another person, group, organization, etc.). She refused to relinquish her grasp over the company to someone who wasn't in the family. They were forced to relinquish their grasp over the land to the government. They will now relinquish their grasp over the senate following the results of the election.
See also: grasp, over, relinquish, someone

relinquish (one's) hold on (something) (to someone or something)

To forfeit, turn over, or yield control of something (to another person, group, organization, etc.). She refused to relinquish her hold on the company to someone who wasn't in the family. They were forced to relinquish their hold on the land to the government. They will now relinquish their hold on the senate following the results of the election.
See also: hold, on, relinquish, someone

relinquish (one's) hold over (something) (to someone or something)

To forfeit, turn over, or yield control of something (to another person, group, organization, etc.). She refused to relinquish her hold over the company to someone who wasn't in the family. They were forced to relinquish their hold over the land to the government. They will now relinquish their hold over the senate following the results of the election.
See also: hold, over, relinquish, someone

relinquish control over (something) (to someone or something)

To forfeit, turn over, or yield control of something (to another person, group, organization, etc.). She refused to relinquish control over the company to someone who wasn't in the family. They were forced to relinquish control over the land to the government. They will now relinquish control over the senate following the results of the election.
See also: control, over, relinquish, someone

relinquish to (someone or something)

To surrender, forfeit, or yield one's control or possession of something to someone or some group or organization. A noun or pronoun can be used between "relinquish" and "to." The land that I relinquished to my younger brother is now worth nearly $2 million for the oil deposits beneath it. They're making me relinquish the house to the bank because my ex-husband didn't keep up the mortgage payments. She refused to relinquish control over the company to someone who wasn't in the family.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

relinquish something over someone

to release the hold on or control of someone. She refused to relinquish control over the operations of the front office. Mary was ordered to relinquish her hold over the children for a month each year.
See also: over, relinquish

relinquish something to someone or something

to surrender something to someone or something. Todd refused to relinquish his authority to anyone. I finally relinquished the car to the bank.
See also: relinquish
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • relinquish (one's) grasp on (something) (to someone or something)
  • relinquish (one's) grasp over (something) (to someone or something)
  • relinquish (one's) hold on (something) (to someone or something)
  • relinquish (one's) hold over (something) (to someone or something)
  • relinquish over
  • relinquish control over (something) (to someone or something)
  • surrender
  • surrender (someone or something) to (someone or something)
  • surrender to
  • sacrifice for
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Highly educated women who surpass the safe period of time for an abortion may be more likely to keep the infant rather than relinquish the infant for adoption.
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However, he did not relinquish his friendship with the revolutionary.
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Passed in every state over a ten-year period, these laws established anonymous locations and specific time frames for mothers to safely and legally relinquish newborns to the state.
After losing their last two games, the Hibees will relinquish second spot if Rangers win their game in hand.