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give up(verb, phrasal verb, surrender, submit)
7
lose hope(verb, idiom, drop, abandon)
6
lose heart(verb, idiom, drop, give)
5
give way(verb, phrasal verb, drop, give)
5
low spirits(noun, sorrow, depression, doubt)
3
abandon hope(verb, idiom)
3
broken heart(idiom, distress, pain, sorrow)
3
down trip(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy)
3
give in(verb, phrasal verb, surrender, submit)
3
give up hope(verb, idiom, drop, abandon)
3
heavy heart(distress, pain, sorrow, melancholy)
3
in despair(idiom, pain, dejection, hopelessness)
3
lose faith(verb, idiom, drop, give)
2
depth of misery(idiom, pain)
2
be hopeless(verb, idiom, drop, give)
2
cave of despair(idiom, dejection)
2
plumb the depths(verb, idiom, drop, abandon)
2
take down(verb, phrasal verb, drop, give)
2
yield to despair(idiom, hopelessness)
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admit defeat(verb, stop, drop, abandon)
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