| 单词 | chuck up the sponge |
| 释义 | chuck up the sponge (once / 984943 pages) v WORD FAMILY chuck up the sponge: chucked up the sponge, chucks up the sponge USAGE EXAMPLESIt seems difficult that there should have been that amount of variously scattered hallucination, misconception, fantastication or whatever—yet I chuck up the sponge! James, Henry, The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II(2011) Want to get in beside you!!” till finally I chucked up the sponge and actually went to bed to oblige him. Reed, Talbot Baines, Boycotted—And Other Stories(2010) We're there—or rather the Company is—and we should simply disgrace ourselves before the whole world if we chucked up the sponge now. Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir, Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol...(2010) v give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat Syn|Ant drop by the wayside, drop out, fall by the wayside, give up, quit, throw in, throw in the towel enter, participate become a participant; be involved in |
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