throw up the sponge (English, verb)
expansion: throw up the sponge (third-person singular simple present throws up the sponge, present participle throwing up the sponge, simple past threw up the sponge, past participle thrown up the sponge)
Senses:
glosses: To give up a contest; to acknowledge defeat; to throw in the towel.
tags: archaic
idiomatic
intransitive
slang
Forms:
form: throws up the sponge
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: throwing up the sponge
tags: participle
present
form: threw up the sponge
tags: past
form: thrown up the sponge
tags: participle
past