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Discover LudwigThe phrase "gave up using" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe an action that someone has stopped doing or using. Here is an example: Maria gave up using plastic bags and started using reusable ones instead to reduce her environmental impact.
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This was also supported in the present study and some parents gave up using strategies which worked initially but were not felt to be useful in the long-term.
Some time ago she gave up using the oven and confined her cooking to frying bacon.
In some instances, he gave up using cameras at all and simply painted designs straight on to film stock.
Last summer I even gave up using tinted moisturizer on my face, because my taupe head didn't match my limbs.
I gave up using my VCR as a recording device years ago because of the stacks of unwatched videos it generated.
If anything, it wasn't until I gave up using money in November 2008 that I started to really enjoy life, not just two-sevenths of it.
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Among the options now being considered is closing down the forces stationed in Germany, saving two brigades of roughly 15,000 personnel and giving up using tanks altogether – which allied forces like the Danes have found pretty useful in Afghanistan as they did in Bosnia.
I've just about given up using it, because it runs like treacle.
I've got to give up using mascaro, Fred; life's too sad.
The morning I finally decided to give up using cash, the whole world changed.
And to maximize earnings, you'll have to give up using your other credit cards to collect frequent-flier miles.
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