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View definitions for throwing in the towel

throwing in the towel

noun as in white flag

verb as in giving up

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Gaetz throwing in the towel is a necessary reminder that it can pay to fight back.

From Salon

But Wilder turns 39 in October and throwing in the towel is a strong possibility.

From BBC

The competition is hardly throwing in the towel and Ford and Toyota drivers are eager to get their new cars to victory lane this season.

But it wasn’t long before she thought about maybe throwing in the towel, settling into a job with a nonprofit theater in Missoula, Mont., and learning to hone her grant-writing chops.

How about throwing in the towel for this season and prepare for next season with trades and draft picks?

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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