: to make it possible for other people to adopt one's baby
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Like the women who had lived in the maternity home, Emma could carry her pregnancy to term and then give the baby up for adoption.—Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2021 Justice Amy Coney Barrett, a Trump appointee, said pregnant women who didn’t want to raise a young child could put the baby up for adoption.—Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2021
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“Put/give the baby up for adoption.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/put%2Fgive%20the%20baby%20up%20for%20adoption. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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