The phrase "abandon support for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the act of withdrawing assistance or backing for a particular cause, project, or individual.
Example: "The organization decided to abandon support for the initiative due to lack of funding."
Alternatives: "withdraw support for" or "cease backing for".
Secretary Powell actively urged the Pakistanis, including Musharraf himself, to abandon support for the Taliban.
While the app will continue to function after that date, Google also plans to abandon support for it.
Last year, after he blogged against Microsoft's decision to abandon support for a law prohibiting discrimination against gays, the company's managers backed down.
Mr. McCain intended to communicate the same point last week with his decision to abandon support for a federal moratorium on off-shore oil drilling.
1.23pm BST Andrew Stephenson, a Conservative, asks for a reassurance that the government will not abandon support for faith-based schools.
As he says, The best thing the administration can do is abandon support for struggling households now so Obama can get reelected and reduce social insurance programs that help struggling households?
He reportedly abandoned support for a commission to restore solvency to Social Security, the public-pension system, because congressional Democrats objected to this loss of their authority.
Many privacy groups, sensing their first chance at ending their most hated portions of the Patriot Act, have abandoned support for the USA Freedom Act they once championed.
Turkey only reluctantly abandoned support for the Qaddafi regime when it became clear the international community was determined to see him go.
Angered by his strong constitutional stand, the MPRP had abandoned support for the incumbent in favour of a hard-line ideologist, Lodongiyn Tudev.
The strain of keeping the Arab League from abandoning support for Palestinian-Israeli peace talks is particularly acute for President Mubarak and for King Abdullah of Jordan.
