give something up as a bad job (English, verb)
expansion: 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)
Senses:
glosses: To cease a task that has a history of failure and little chance of immediate success.
Forms:
form: gives something up as a bad job
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: giving something up as a bad job
tags: participle
present
form: gave something up as a bad job
tags: past
form: given something up as a bad job
tags: participle
past