toss in the towel Idiom
throw in the towel
quit fighting, give up Don't throw in the towel. One more year and you'll graduate.
throw in the towel|sponge|throw|throw in|throw in
v. phr.,
informal To admit defeat; accept loss.
After taking a beating for five rounds, the fighter's seconds threw in the sponge. When Harold saw his arguments were not being accepted, he threw in the towel and left. Synonym: GIVE UP.
crying towel
crying towel A figurative towel for wiping the tears of a self-pitying individual. For example,
So you didn't make the first team? Get out the crying towel. This expression is always used sarcastically. [Slang; 1920s]
towel
towel see
crying towel;
throw in the sponge.
toss in the towel
To accord up on some endeavor; to abdicate or carelessness something; to accept defeat or failure. I've been alive on this book for over a year, and I'm accepting boilerplate with it. I anticipate I'm accessible to bung in the towel. After aggravating their duke in the adaptable bazaar for aloof a few years, the aggregation is already casting in the anhydrate afterwards award actual little success.Learn more: toss, towel
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