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Soheil1 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Give up

Hi
In:
Giving up cigarettes extends life expectancyhttp://www.west-info.eu/giving-up-cigarettes-extends-life-expectancy-smokers-heart-attack-strokes/what does 'give up' mean? simply to not smoke or to stop smoking after you have smoked?
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To give up is to.. 1. To cease to do or perform 2.

  • To give up is to..
  • 1.
  • To cease to do or perform 2.
  • To abandon what one is doing or planning to do.
  • Here, to give up cigarettes means to get rid of the habit of smoking, to stop smoking altogether.
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To give up is to..

1. To cease to do or perform
2. To abandon what one is doing or planning to do.

Here, to give up cigarettes means to get rid of the habit of smoking, to stop smoking altogether.

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