The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word CEDE which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2024.
Give up crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CEDE | 55 % | 4 |
| WAIVE | 9 % | 5 |
| THROWINTHETOWEL | 7 % | 15 |
| QUIT | 6 % | 4 |
| YIELD | 3 % | 5 |
| FORGO | 2 % | 5 |
| RENOUNCE | 2 % | 8 |
| CRYUNCLE | 1 % | 8 |
| SACRIFICE | 1 % | 9 |
| LETGOOF | 1 % | 7 |
| SAYUNCLE | 1 % | 8 |
| RAISEAWHITEFLAG | 1 % | 15 |
| CAVE | 1 % | 4 |
| VACATE | 1 % | 6 |
| PACKITIN | 1 % | 8 |
| DESPAIR | 1 % | 7 |
| PARTWITH | 1 % | 8 |
| SOUNDTHERETREAT | 1 % | 15 |
| CONCEDE | 1 % | 7 |
| SIGNAWAY | 1 % | 8 |
| HANDOVER | 1 % | 8 |
| SHED | 0 % | 4 |
| CALLITQUITS | 0 % | 11 |
| LOSE | 0 % | 4 |
| ABNEGATE | 0 % | 8 |
| FORSAKE | 0 % | 7 |
| KICK | 0 % | 4 |
| DIE | 0 % | 3 |
| ABANDON | 0 % | 7 |
| THROWINONESHAND | 0 % | 15 |
| SAYDIE | 0 % | 6 |
| DEMIT | 0 % | 5 |
| LOSEFAITH | 0 % | 9 |
| RATON | 0 % | 5 |
| CHUCKITIN | 0 % | 9 |
| LAYDOWNONESARMS | 0 % | 15 |
| FORFEIT | 0 % | 7 |
| FOREGO | 0 % | 6 |
Why may QUIT be the right solution?
"Give up" is a phrasal verb that means to quit or stop doing something. "Quit" is a synonym of "give up," making it the correct answer.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Give up
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- part with
- relinquish
- resign
- surrender
- quit
- waive
- leave
- abandon
- renounce
- cede
- vacate
- lay off
Crossword Answer definitions
CEDE verb- To give up; yield to another.
- To give way.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result CEDE
- Give up
- Sign over
- Give over
- Give up, as territory
- Relinquish
- Resign formally
- Yield
- Surrender
- Sign away
- Formally surrender
More clues leading to the result WAIVE
- Give up a claim
- Relinquish
- Forgo
- Forfeit, as a right
- Give up
- Relinquish, as a right
- Forfeit
- Put aside
- Surrender
- Give up, as a right
More clues leading to the result THROWINTHETOWEL
- Concede
- Give up
- Call it quits like a maid?
- Call it quits
- "Why don't you quit!"
- Quit
- Admit defeat
- Concede defeat
- Give up: Colloq.
- Quit, at ringside
More clues leading to the result QUIT
- Cry "uncle!"
- Throw in the towel
- Walk out
- Resign
- Swear off
- Terminate a session, for example
- Call it a day
- Pack it in
- Stop saying "Sorry," perhaps?
- Withdraw
More clues leading to the result YIELD
- Road sign
- Give up ground
- Grin and bear it
- Relinquish
- Knuckle under
- Triangular road sign
- Bond number
- Give way
- Triangular sign
- Concede
More clues leading to the result FORGO
More clues leading to the result RENOUNCE
More clues leading to the result CRYUNCLE
- Give
- Concede ... or a hint to the last words of the answers to starred clues
- Throw in the towel
- Cave
- Admit defeat
- Give up
- Back down
- Concede defeat
More clues leading to the result SACRIFICE
More clues leading to the result LETGOOF
More clues leading to the result SAYUNCLE
- Surrender, relatively speaking?
- Surrender
- Surrender, in a way
- Admit defeat
- Give in
- Give up, or what you might do before the starts of the answers to starred clues
- Give up
- Give up, relatively speaking
- "Give up!"
More clues leading to the result RAISEAWHITEFLAG
More clues leading to the result CAVE
- Bat hideout
- __ in (yield)
- Home for a bat, a man, or Batman
- Go soft in negotiations
- React to pressure
- Yield
- Hermit's hideaway
- Bear lair
- Spelunking milieu
- Collapse
More clues leading to the result VACATE
- Annul
- Go away
- Leave the premises
- Empty
- No longer occupy
- Relinquish, as an office
- Obey an eviction notice
- Annul, as a judgment
- Move out
- Leave
More clues leading to the result PACKITIN
More clues leading to the result DESPAIR
- Give up all hope
- Lose hope
- Hopelessness
- Loss of hope
- Give up hope
- Abandon hope
- Hopeless feeling
- Down state
- Lose heart
- Very blue state
More clues leading to the result PARTWITH
More clues leading to the result SOUNDTHERETREAT
More clues leading to the result CONCEDE
- Yield
- Grant
- Admit defeat
- Admit having lost
- Admit
- End it
- Give up
- Acknowledge the loss of an election
- Admit.
- Own.
More clues leading to the result SIGNAWAY
More clues leading to the result HANDOVER
More clues leading to the result SHED
- Get hair all over the rug
- Lose hair
- Molt
- Place for the lawn mower
- Repel·
- Shelter
- Cast off
- Get rid of
- Hut
- Repel
More clues leading to the result CALLITQUITS
More clues leading to the result LOSE
- Get trounced
- Mislay
- Place or show
- Take it on the chin
- Come in second
- Finish last
- Finish second
- Give the slip to
- Misplace
- Come in last
More clues leading to the result ABNEGATE
More clues leading to the result FORSAKE
- Desert
- Abandon
- Leave in the lurch
- Abandon.
- Desert.
- Give up.
- Renounce.
- Abandon ... or two words often seen next to the starts of 17-, 27-, 47- and 60-Across
- In favor of rice wine?
More clues leading to the result KICK
- Thrill
- Excitement
- Rifle's recoil
- Bowl-game start
- Field-goal attempt, e.g.
- Karate move
- Grouse
- Zing
- Soccer move
- Complain
More clues leading to the result DIE
- Gambling cube
- Tool and ____ set
- Trivial Pursuit need
- __-hard
- "The ___ is cast." (Caesar)
- Conk out
- It's one you roll
- Cube with dots?
- Gaming cube
- Monopoly cube
More clues leading to the result ABANDON
- Leave in the lurch
- Dump
- Freedom
- Strand
- Run out on
- Ditch
- Leave high and dry
- Recklessness
- Lack of inhibition
- Desert
More clues leading to the result THROWINONESHAND
More clues leading to the result SAYDIE
More clues leading to the result DEMIT
- Resign
- Relinquish
- Resign or withdraw
- Withdraw from office
- Relinquish, as an office
- Withdraw, as from office
- Redesign, as a job
- Step down
- Abdicate
- To resign.
More clues leading to the result LOSEFAITH
More clues leading to the result RATON
More clues leading to the result CHUCKITIN
More clues leading to the result LAYDOWNONESARMS
More clues leading to the result FORFEIT
- Lose by not showing up
- Surrender
- Throw in the towel
- Give up
- Penalty.
- Fine
- Surrender a chance to win
- Lose a right