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throw away |
throw back |
throw cold water on |
throw down |
throw in |
throw in the towel
| throw in with
| throw off
| throw out
| throw out of kilter
| throw over
throw in the towel
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb throw in the towel has 1 sense
- throw in the towel(v = verb.competition) chuck up the sponge, drop by the wayside, drop out, fall by the wayside, give up, quit, throw in - 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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