present participle of throw up the sponge

present participle of throw someone a bone

To take the side of, risking good or bad fortune.

(colloquial) To make a large amount of attempts or guesses, with the hope that one of them will be successful.

(African-American Vernacular) To throw one's elbows around; to strike people with one's elbows.

Alternative form of throw the baby out with the bathwater

(idiomatic) To discard, especially inadvertently, something valuable while in the process of removing or rejecting something unwanted.

(intransitive) To raise both hands in the air in an exasperated manner. / (intransitive, idiomatic) To cease an attempt because it is perceived as doomed.

present participle of throw the baby out with the bathwater

(figuratively or symbolically) To go on strike.