give oneself up
Idioms-
Surrender, as in They gave themselves up to the police . [Second half of 1500s]
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Devote or abandon oneself completely, as in She gave herself up to her research . [Second half of 1500s] Also see give up .
Example Sentences
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The Slash was the most delightful place in which to go roaming at large and give oneself up to a buccaneer life.
From 'Lizbeth of the Dale by Mary Esther Miller MacGregor
It's dangerous to give oneself up to a fixed idea, and you mustn't let the infatuation get hold of you.
From The Lure of the North by Harold Bindloss
If one has but little self-possession it is easy to give oneself up to others, to the world, to that indefinable Providential Force on whose shoulders we can throw the burden of thought and will.
From Clerambault The Story of an Independent Spirit During the War by Romain Rolland
O what an awful thing it is to give oneself up to the dominion of evil, till one seems to live, and move, and have their being in it!
From Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author by Caroline Lee Hentz
Whatever it be, it is difficult to define, but the more one knows Siena the more whole-heartedly does one give oneself up to her charm.
From Cathedral Cities of Italy by William Wiehe Collins
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