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Discover Ludwig"give up work" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It means to stop working or retire from a job. You can use it to talk about someone's decision to leave their job permanently. Example: After 30 years of working as a lawyer, Sarah decided to give up work and travel the world.
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After having exhausted alternative arrangements by reducing or adjusting working hours, many carers eventually give up work [ 17].
Grandparents may give up work or reduce their paid hours to care – younger, working-age grandparents tend to do the most.
Why give up work here?
Faced with that dilemma, some give up work.
Financially, too, she cannot afford to give up work.
Should she be made to give up work?
She had to give up work, and now she needs 24/7 care.
She had to give up work and her apartment, and her precarious finances became more precarious.
"And then I'd be able to give up work and be supported by my husband".
If TV gets any better, I'll have to give up work.
Her husband has had to give up work to care for her.
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