She had put the word into their minds, and they refused to abandon it.
E. M. Forster, A Passage to India
Here we would abandon ourselves to the contemplation of the waves, and here, under my father’s skilful tuition, I became quite an adept at an entrancing pursuit less well known, I think, than it should be.
Henry Howarth Bashford, Augustus Carp, Esq.
Now, however, I have arrived at a point in my narrative where I am compelled to abandon this method and to trust once more to my recollections, aided by the diary which I kept at the time.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
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Dictionary
Merriam-Webster
— to give up to the control or influence of another person or agent
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Macmillan
— to leave someone when you should stay with them and look after them
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Usage
1 use of ‘abandon’ in A Passage to India, by E. M. Forster
1 use of ‘abandon’ in Augustus Carp, Esq., by Henry Howarth Bashford
1 use of ‘abandon’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle