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Meanings of abandon the idea in English

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Usage of abandon the idea in English
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This necessary delay caused him to abandon the idea of capturing Lynchburg.
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant — Volume 2
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And suppose you abandon the idea of returning to the army altogether?
The Coming Conquest of England
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This belief and the increasing cold made us abandon the idea of camping.
South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917
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But Audi doesn't want to abandon the idea of human driving altogether, either.
Wired
5
They will abandon the idea of attaining any object by prayer and supplication.
Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume I / Including His Answe...
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Although he had failed for the moment, he did not abandon the idea.
The Iron Trail
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They had now decided to abandon the idea of visiting Boston.
Darkness and Dawn
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Perhaps we had better abandon the idea of the boarding-house.
Married
9
You are right, Zenith, and I think we will abandon the idea at once.
Daybreak; A Romance of an Old World
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Thus, defeated at every point, Tarras was compelled to abandon the idea of building.
The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories
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However, there are other reasons to abandon the idea.
The Guardian
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Even the country gentlemen did their best to get the peasants to abandon the idea.
Jerusalem
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The church cannot abandon the idea of special providence.
Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume I / Including His Answe...
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I repeat you must abandon the idea at once.
Roger Ingleton, Minor
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But when I mentioned the matter to Stephen, he implored me to abandon the idea.
Allan and the Holy Flower
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Herron had forced Fanshaw to abandon the idea of suing Dumont for a money consolation.
The Cost
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