VERB | competition | fall by the wayside, drop out, give up, 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 |
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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, drop 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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