give something up as a bad job
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To cease a task that has a history of failure and little chance of immediate successTo cease a task that has a history of failure and little chance of immediate success.
» Don't give up your day job.
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1 sensesTo 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.
Examples
88 sentencesForms
gives something up as a bad job, giving something up as a bad job, gave something up as a bad job, given something up as a bad job| Base form | give something up as a bad job · to give something up as a bad job |
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| 3rd person singular | gives something up as a bad job |
| Present participle | giving something up as a bad job |
| Past simple | gave something up as a bad job |
| Past participle | given something up as a bad job |
irregular · Lesson
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | give something up as a bad job |
| he, she, it | gives something up as a bad job |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | gave something up as a bad job |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have given something up as a bad job |
| he, she, it | has given something up as a bad job |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will give something up as a bad job |
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.