give over
verb- To entrust (something) to another. · She gave the deeds over to the solicitor.
- To devote or resign to a particular purpose or activity; to yield completely. · The factory has been entirely given over to aircraft manufacture.· He gave himself over to a monastic life.
- To quit, to abandon.
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When a woman has five grown-up daughters, she ought to give over thinking of her own beauty.”
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