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Meanings of chuck up the sponge in English
Give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat.
Synonyms
Examples for "quit"
Examples for "quit"
1
Experts said the best way to protect children was to quit smoking.
2
However, he quit the government over the affair a few weeks later.
3
As a result of the court decision, several people quit their confinement.
4
Junior Northern Ireland minister Shailesh Vara quit May's government earlier on Thursday.
5
Larsen quit his job several years ago to join an Internet startup.
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However, he decided to drop out in 1981 during his second year.
2
In the Dublin area, almost 30 per cent of students drop out.
3
Unforeseen lingering issue: I had to drop out of hip-hop dance classes.
4
Among all registered voters, some 44 percent want Trump to drop out.
5
Ready Set Sail will probably drop out the back from barrier two.
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She hobbled along; he was far behind; he would give up soon.
2
You already agreed to give up the idea of law school, Faith.
3
The family is now willing to give up control, the sources said.
4
Probably didn't want to give up work time to go to court.
5
He didn't give up when others said he'd already lost, Corvan said.
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Microsoft needs to make sure this feature doesn't fall by the wayside.
2
When people are coupling up, these friendships can fall by the wayside.
3
May achieve greatly -but could also fall by the wayside.
4
And we lawyers have to get on it, or fall by the wayside.
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A few of us fall by the wayside because of that.
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Now and again a man utterly worn out would drop by the wayside.
2
Sixpence dropped by the wayside, and a whole family made wretched!
3
I was one of the twenty-seven; eight dropped by the wayside; we ended nineteen.
4
Clemens was handicapped by having to run in the slippery mud, and soon " dropped by the wayside."
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The fellows who are going to stick would simply feel that one weak-kneed chap had dropped by the wayside.
1
They throw in the chocolate just as the water commences to boil.
2
Greece had decided to throw in her lot with Servia and Bulgaria.
3
Fred nodded sharply, and the chauffeur stooped to throw in the clutch.
4
Desmond, in the mean time, was endeavouring to throw in his hand-grenades.
5
But he stopped it, scrambled for it, and made the throw in.
1
There's no sign yet he is ready to throw in the towel.
2
She had every opportunity to throw in the towel but she didn't.
3
Or do you just throw in the towel? Many are scaling up.
4
Five more casts, he told himself, then he'd throw in the towel.
5
It is unlikely they would just throw in the towel and capitulate.
Usage of chuck up the sponge in English
1
Wait on 'im yourself, then, and chuck up the sponge when things begin to go wrong.
2
That doesn't sound like you, sir; and I don't understand why you should chuck up the sponge so quickly.
3
In the face of that single circumstance you and Marchmont would ' chuck up the sponge,' as the old pugilists expressed it.
4
"No more am I," I answered; "but I'm hanged if I'll chuck up the sponge.
Translations for chuck up the sponge