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Significats de chuck up the sponge en anglès

portuguès
desistir
català
rendir-se
espanyol
tirar la toalla

Give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat.

rendir-se
Ús de chuck up the sponge en anglès
1
Wait on 'im yourself, then, and chuck up the sponge when things begin to go wrong.
Rodney Stone
2
That doesn't sound like you, sir; and I don't understand why you should chuck up the sponge so quickly.
At Love's Cost
3
In the face of that single circumstance you and Marchmont would ' chuck up the sponge,' as the old pugilists expressed it.
The Mystery of 31 New Inn
4
"No more am I," I answered; "but I'm hanged if I'll chuck up the sponge.
Greenmantle
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