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chubby |
chuck |
chuck berry |
chuck out |
chuck short ribs |
chuck up the sponge
| chuck wagon
| chuck-full
| chuck-will's-widow
| chucker-out
| chuckhole
chuck up the sponge
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb chuck up the sponge has 1 sense
- chuck up the sponge(v = verb.competition) drop by the wayside, drop out, fall by the wayside, give up, quit, throw in, throw in the towel - give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up" Sample sentences:
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