stop trying

Synonyms

give up call it a day

Antonyms

seek pursue persist carry on hang on tide over
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Examples

If we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time. Edith Wharton

A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying. B. F. Skinner

The only way to beat the competition is to stop trying to beat the competition. W. Chan Kim

I have never learned to draw a hand well enough, so why should I stop trying now? Jack Levine

I would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying to be the same as us. Sacha Guitry

Shouldn't I join the ranks of philosophers and merely make unsubstantiated claims about the wonders of human consciousness? Shouldn't I stop trying to do some science and keep my head down? Indeed not. Kevin Warwick

Words in the phrase

stop trying

Close letter words and terms

stop thrust stop to smell the roses stop traffic stop up stop valve stop wasting time