give up the ship
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Synonyms for give up the ship
verb give up responsibility- abandon
- abdicate
- capitulate
- cede
- drop
- fold
- forgo
- forsake
- leave
- quit
- relinquish
- renounce
- retire
- secede
- surrender
- terminate
- vacate
- waive
- yield
- bail out
- bow out
- cease work
- demit
- divorce oneself from
- drop out
- end service
- give notice
- give up the ship
- hand in resignation
- hand over
- hang it up
- separate oneself from
- sign off
- stand aside
- stand down
- step down
- throw in the towel
- turn over
- walk out
- wash hands of
Antonyms for give up the ship
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
abandoning
verb. leave behind, relinquish
- abdicate
- back out
- bail out
- bow out
- chicken out
- cop out
- cut loose
- desert
- discard
- discontinue
- ditch
- drop
- drop out
- duck
- dump
- dust
- flake out
- fly the coop
- give up the ship
- kiss goodbye
- leave
- leg it
- let go
- opt out
- pull out
- quit
- run out on
- screw
- ship out
- stop
- storm out
- surrender
- take a powder
- take a walk
- throw over
- vacate
- walk out on
- wash hands of
- withdraw
- yield
resign
verb. give up responsibility
- abandon
- abdicate
- bail out
- bow out
- capitulate
- cease work
- cede
- demit
- divorce oneself from
- drop
- drop out
- end service
- fold
- forgo
- forsake
- give notice
- give up the ship
- hand in resignation
- hand over
- hang it up
- leave
- quit
- relinquish
- renounce
- retire
- secede
- separate oneself from
- sign off
- stand aside
- stand down
- step down
- surrender
- terminate
- throw in the towel
- turn over
- vacate
- waive
- walk out
- wash hands of
- yield
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.