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throw in the towel

verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026

give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope

MWE

Classifications

Cognitive

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Responsibility

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Automation

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Variants

synonym
give up
pasttense
throwed in the towel
presentparticiple
throwing in the towel
thirdpersonsingular
throws in the towel
pastparticiple
throwed in the towel