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| give up(verb, phrasal verb, surrender, submit) | |
| lose hope(verb, idiom, drop, abandon) | |
| lose heart(verb, idiom, drop, give) | |
| give way(verb, phrasal verb, drop, give) | |
| low spirits(noun, sorrow, depression, doubt) | |
| abandon hope(verb, idiom) | |
| broken heart(idiom, distress, pain, sorrow) | |
| down trip(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy) | |
| give in(verb, phrasal verb, surrender, submit) | |
| give up hope(verb, idiom, drop, abandon) | |
| heavy heart(distress, pain, sorrow, melancholy) | |
| in despair(idiom, pain, dejection, hopelessness) | |
| lose faith(verb, idiom, drop, give) | |
| depth of misery(idiom, pain) | |
| be hopeless(verb, idiom, drop, give) | |
| cave of despair(idiom, dejection) | |
| plumb the depths(verb, idiom, drop, abandon) | |
| take down(verb, phrasal verb, drop, give) | |
| yield to despair(idiom, hopelessness) | |
| admit defeat(verb, stop, drop, abandon) |
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