abandon

• should abandon

  ‘I should abandon this farce of a holiday and go home to attend to my business.

• decide to abandon

  For example, a player whose regular opponent fields High Elves might wisely decide to abandon any attempt to out-shoot his enemies in favour of a fast, hard-hitting attack force combined with long range artillery.

• force to abandon

• decision to abandon

  The 84-tonne US Skylab had crashed to earth in 1979 [for decision to abandon attempts to rescue Skylab see p. 29448].

• have to abandon

  Unless there was one in the back wall, he would have to abandon the entire exercise.

• prepare to abandon

• do not abandon

• must abandon

  Charles realized that he must abandon the attempt to re-assert the Forest rights enjoyed by his medieval predecessors.

• abandon hope

  A salesperson should never abandon hope of winning an account.

• government to abandon

  the Labour leader John Smith urged the government to abandon what he called these foolish proposals.

• people to abandon

  If the fixed charge has to be very high it may induce people to abandon consumption of the commodity altogether.

• like to abandon

  She would not like to abandon journalism altogether.

• abandon the idea

  It could be that your ancestors were among the first to abandon the idea of hunting and gathering in favour of cultivation and husbandry.

• will to abandon