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Significados de chuck up the sponge en inglés

portugués
desistir
catalán
rendir-se
español
tirar la toalla

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

    tirar la toalla
    Uso de chuck up the sponge en inglés
    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
    Translations for chuck up the sponge