give up for lost

Meaning

1. give sb up for lost

   to stop expecting to find sb alive

In the movies · 1

• I just wanted you to be strong and not give up because you lost your dad.Shaun of the Dead2004

From the same entry

• all is not lost
• be lost for words
• be lost in
• be lost on
• be lost to the world
• get lost
• make up for lost time
• there's little love lost between A and B
• lose it
• lose yourself in
• lose out
• lose out to