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(archaic, slang, idiomatic) To give up a contest; to acknowledge defeat; throw in the towel.

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throw up the sponge

verb

(archaic, slang, idiomatic) To give up a contest; to acknowledge defeat; throw in the towel.

He decided to throw up the sponge and quit the competition.

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(archaic, slang, idiomatic) To give up a contest; to acknowledge defeat; throw in the towel.

He was too brave a man to throw up the sponge to fate.