| VERB | competition | drop by the wayside, drop out, give up, fall by the wayside, throw in, throw in the towel, quit, chuck up the sponge | give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope |
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| Meaning | Give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | drop out, give up, fall by the wayside, throw in, throw in the towel, quit, chuck up the sponge | |
| Opposite | enter, participate | Become a participant |
| Spanish | abandonar, arrojar la toalla, dejar, desistir, rendirse, retirarse, tirar la toalla | |
| Catalan | abandonar, deixar, desistir, llençar la tovallola, rendir-se, retirar-se | |
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