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gave something up as a bad job

gave something up as a bad job is the simple past of give something up as a bad job.

Meaning of give something up as a bad job

Verb

give something up as a bad job (third-person singular simple present gives something up as a bad job, present participle giving something up as a bad job, simple past gave something up as a bad job, past participle given something up as a bad job)

  1. To cease a task that has a history of failure and little chance of immediate success.
    • After hours of trying, he eventually gave it up as a bad job.

Questions about gave something up as a bad job

What is gave something up as a bad job the simple past of?
Gave something up as a bad job is the simple past of give something up as a bad job.

Words near gave something up as a bad job in the dictionary

  1. gave something a go
  2. gave something a miss
  3. gave something a shot
  4. gave something a try
  5. gave something a whirl
  6. gave something up as a bad job
  7. gave suck
  8. gave the ax
  9. gave the axe
  10. gave the bird
  11. gave the devil his due

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gave something up as a bad job (page history and authors); give something up as a bad job (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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