chuck up the sponge

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Verb chuck up the sponge has 1 sense

drop out, give up, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw in, throw in the towel, quit, chuck up the sponge - give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

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