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throw in the towel

verb

give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope;
admit defeat (Freq. 1)
- In the second round, the challenger gave up
• Syn:
drop out, give up, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw in,
quit, chuck up the sponge
• Ant:
enter (for: drop out)
• Derivationally related forms:
quitter (for: quit)
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
- Somebody ----s something (for: quit)
- Somebody ----s something (for: give up)