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Discover LudwigThe phrase "almost give up" is correct and can be used in written English
It is usually used to describe a situation or a feeling where someone is close to giving up, but has not quite reached that point yet. Example: Despite facing numerous setbacks, John almost gave up on his dream of becoming a doctor, but his determination and hard work kept him going.
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"But if I don't have an aisle seat, I can almost give up," she said.
Elena Ferrante is this rare bird: so deliberate in building up her story that you almost give up on it, so gifted that by the end she has you in tears.
Step 2: When you want to quit and you're tempted to quit and you almost give up.
But when I see the 45-minute line winding its way around the outside of the joint, I almost give up.
"It's something we are still testing and debating: whether it's a space you almost give up on and you put products [that are] so specific in need that people who want it will find it," he said.
In the city of London where a property crisis has made many young people almost give up on ever owning a home youth, hard enough as it is, can suddenly become lonely, almost suffocating, and any dreams to be dreamed are lost in the unyielding cloud of day-to-day survival.
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Ann Greco has almost given up.
Ministers seem to have almost given up.
More recently, I saw a third Oscar that really has almost given up.
You can joke about it -- "the look" -- but it has happened so many times that you have almost given up.
"And I almost gave up.
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