Meaning: The sentence describes a dog that gave up chasing the cat, which shows that the dog is tired or has lost interest.
Choice of Words: The words dog, gave, up, chase are all common words that an English learner would be familiar with.
Alternative Expressions
The dog stopped chasing.
Meaning: This means that the dog is no longer trying to catch the thing it was chasing. It has given up on the chase.
Choice of Words:The dog is a specific animal that is chasing something. Stopped means to end an action that was happening. Chasing means to run after something in order to catch it. When you put them together, "The dog stopped chasing" means that the dog no longer is running after the thing it was chasing.
The dog quit running after the thing.
Meaning: This means that the dog is no longer trying to catch the thing it was chasing. It has given up on the chase.
Choice of Words:The dog is a specific animal that is chasing something. Quit means to stop doing something. Running means to move quickly by putting one foot in front of the other. After means following something or someone. The thing is the object that the dog is chasing. When you put them together, "The dog quit running after the thing" means that the dog stopped running after the thing it was chasing.
The dog gave up the chase.
Meaning: This means that the dog is no longer trying to catch the thing it was chasing. It has given up on the chase.
Choice of Words:The dog is a specific animal that is chasing something. Gave up means to stop trying to do something. The chase means the act of running after something in order to catch it. When you put them together, "The dog gave up the chase" means that the dog stopped trying to catch the thing it was chasing.