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[おて(手)·あ(上)·げ]
oteage
noun

Alternate Written Forms:

[おて(手)·あ·げ]
oteage
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[お(御)·て(手)·あ(上)·げ]
oteage
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Root Words:

[お + て(手) + あ(上)·げ]
o + te + age

English Meaning(s) for お手上げ

noun
  1. being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; throwing up (one's) hands
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Definition and Synonyms for お手上げ

Surrender acceptance of despair
Synonyms: お手上げ, 覚悟, 観念, 諦め, 諦める, 諦念, 諦観

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Categories お手上げ is a member of

Despair the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well
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Sample Sentences for お手上げ

This problem baffles me.
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I'm really up a tree.
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I'm at a complete loss!
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I give up.
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The company faced a major interruption in business when a fire destroyed their archive of computer hard drives and optical discs.
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