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verb ADV. formally VERB + RESIGN be forced to, be obliged to, have to He was forced to resign due to ill health. | intend to | offer to, threaten to The minister offered to resign after his affair became public. Two MPs threatened to resign if the government did not agree to examine this case. | decide to | refuse to | call on sb to They called on her to resign as chief executive. PREP. as He resigned as chairman. | from She formally resigned from the government. | over Three members of the committee resigned over the issue.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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resign
nouns
resign your post/position/office
• He later resigned his post as Minister of Energy.
resign your seat
(= announce that you will no longer be a member of a parliament, be on a committee etc )
• A majority of voters think he should resign his seat in Congress.
resign the presidency
• Richard Nixon resigned the presidency in 1974.
resign your chairmanship
• Mr Hunt announced that he has resigned his chairmanship of the committee.
resign your membership
• He recently resigned his membership of the National Rifle Association.
transnet.ir
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resign yourself to sth
[ R ]
to make yourself accept something that you do not like because you cannot change it
• [ + -ing verb ]: He resigned himself to living alone.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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verb
quit:
He resigned as company president.
verb
reconciled:
He is resigned to doing that work.
Simple Definitions