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Verb resign has 4 senses
- vacate, resign, renounce, give up - leave (a job, post, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"
--1 is one way to leave office, quit, step down, resign
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
=> Somebody ----s
- leave office, quit, step down, resign - give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary fo the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"
--2 is one way to leave, depart, pull up stakes
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
=> Somebody ----s something
- release, relinquish, resign, free, give up - part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
--3 is one way to pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- resign, reconcile, submit - accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate"
--4 is one way to accept
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
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