chuck up the sponge
verbcandidate·updated Jun 3, 2026
to give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope
MWE
Classifications
Cognitive
—30%llm-generatedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Responsibility
Unclassified—trigger_default_value
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Automation
Unclassified—trigger_default_value
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Variants
- synonym
- give up
- pasttense
- chucked up the sponge
- presentparticiple
- chucking up the sponge
- thirdpersonsingular
- chucks up the sponge
- pastparticiple
- chucked up the sponge