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What is the difference between Give up and give in and Back down ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between Give up and give in and Back down ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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- Slovak
Give up - stop trying
can also mean to lose something in favor of someone (give up a seat for pregnant woman)
Give in - succumb to pressure
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They are mostly the same meaning.
Give up means to surrender or stop trying
Back down means to surrender but in the sense of retreating or reducing aggression
Give in means to surrender to someone else's aggression or pressure
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- English (US)
"Back down" and "give up" refer to a person that is going away from an opportunity. I believe they also have the same meaning. Some examples are: "Don't give up on me." Which means, don't leave the opportunity to either, help me, be with me, or finish what we started. Another example: "Don't back down from the fight." This means, don't give up on the opportunity to fight. Give in is the opposite. When one gives in, they take the opportunity to do something. Usually, giving has a negative connotation meaning that the person didn't originally want to take this opportunity but did so because of pressure from others. An example is: "He gave in to go to the dance last night with her even though he doesn't like her." I hope this helps!
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@Massimo47
Give in can also mean not takin oportunity because of preassure
No?
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