give oneself up

[give oneself up] {v.}

To stop hiding or running away; surrender.

* /The thief gave himself up to the police./

* /Mr. Thompson hit another car, and his wife told him to give himself up./

Compare: TURN IN.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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