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chuck up the sponge 
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(TTS Sound)Overview of verb chuck_up_the_sponge
The verb chuck up the sponge has 1 sense
- drop out, give up, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw in, throw in the towel, quit, chuck up the sponge -- (give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up")