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chuck up the sponge

verbid 5243·updated Jun 3, 2026
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to give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope

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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

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
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to give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope

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