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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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 Hentz, Caroline Lee
It was impossible to be with her and not give oneself up to her charm.
From The Second Violin by Richmond, Grace S. (Grace Smith)
My duty and honour keep me steadfast; but, in spite of stoicism and endurance, there are moments when one feels some desire to give oneself up to the devil.
From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. by Freytag, Gustav
It is hard entirely to share another people's life, to give oneself up to it, to be received into it.
From A Poor Man's House by Reynolds, Stephen Sydney
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 Rolland, Romain
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