chuck up the sponge (English, verb)
expansion: chuck up the sponge (third-person singular simple present chucks up the sponge, present participle chucking up the sponge, simple past and past participle chucked up the sponge)
Senses:
glosses: To quit; to give up; to admit defeat.
tags: dated
Forms:
form: chucks up the sponge
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: chucking up the sponge
tags: participle
present
form: chucked up the sponge
tags: participle
past
form: chucked up the sponge
tags: past