chuck up the sponge
verbid
5243·updated Jun 3, 2026candidate
to give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope
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Classifications
Cognitive
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Responsibility
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Automation
Unclassified—trigger_default_value
Variants
- synonym
- give up
- pasttense
- chucked up the sponge
- presentparticiple
- chucking up the sponge
- thirdpersonsingular
- chucks up the sponge
- pastparticiple
- chucked up the sponge
Framework definitions
- §1
- to give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope
- §1 · legacy_primary
- to give up in the face of defeat of lacking hopeDR-088 backfill from the verb definition column
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