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throw in the towel

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Verb

give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat
- In the second round, the challenger gave up

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Synonyms:
drop out give up fall by the wayside drop by the wayside throw in quit chuck up the sponge
Antonyms:
enter participate

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