resign

  • 41resign v — resignedly adv …

    English expressions

  • 42resign — I. v. a. 1. Yield, surrender, relinquish, forego, abandon, quit, forsake, abdicate, leave, give up, assign back, give back. 2. Withdraw, give up, renounce. 3. Yield, submit, give up, confide. 4. Yield, commit, submit. II. v. n. Abdicate,… …

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  • 43resign — verb 1) the executive director resigned Syn: leave, hand in one s notice, give notice, stand down, step down; informal quit, jump ship 2) three state senators resigned their seats Syn: give up, leave, vacate, stand down from; infor …

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  • 44resign — re·sign …

    English syllables

  • 45resign —   Ha alele, waiho …

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  • 46resign — See resignation …

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  • 47resign — see SIGN …

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  • 48resign — v. 1 intr. a (often foll. by from) give up office, one s employment, etc. (resigned from the Home Office). b (often foll. by as) retire (resigned as chief executive). 2 tr. (often foll. by to, into) relinquish; surrender; hand over (a right,… …

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  • 49resign oneself — {v. phr.} To stop arguing; accept something which cannot be changed. * /When Jane s father explained that he could not afford to buy her a new bicycle, she finally resigned herself to riding the old one./ Compare: GIVE UP …

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  • 50resign oneself — {v. phr.} To stop arguing; accept something which cannot be changed. * /When Jane s father explained that he could not afford to buy her a new bicycle, she finally resigned herself to riding the old one./ Compare: GIVE UP …

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