Synonyms for throw in towel
- back down
- cancel
- give up
- renege
- surrender
- avoid
- back pedal
- beg off
- blow it off
- chicken out
- cop out
- get cold feet
- go back on
- recant
- resign
- scratch
- shy from
- throw in the towel
- weasel out
- welsh
- wiggle out
- worm out
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WORD ORIGIN
late 13c., from Old French toaille (12c.), from Frankish *thwahlja, from Proto-Germanic *thwakhlijon (cf. Old Saxon thwahila, Middle Dutch dwale "towel," Dutch dwaal "altar cloth," Old High German dwehila "towel," German dialectal Zwehle "napkin"); related to German zwagen, Old English þwean "to wash." Spanish toalla, Italian tovaglia are Germanic loan-words.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR THROW IN TOWEL
complied
verbabide by, follow agreement or instructions- accede
- accord
- acquiesce
- adhere to
- agree to
- cave in
- come around
- conform to
- consent to
- cry uncle
- defer
- discharge
- ditto
- don't make waves
- don't rock the boat
- fit in
- fold
- fulfill
- give in
- give out
- give up
- go along with
- go with the flow
- keep
- knuckle to
- knuckle under
- mind
- obey
- observe
- perform
- play ball
- play the game
- put out
- quit
- respect
- roll over and play dead
- satisfy
- shape up
- stay in line
- straighten up
- submit
- throw in towel
- toss it in
- yes one
- yield
complies
verbabide by, follow agreement or instructions- accede
- accord
- acquiesce
- adhere to
- agree to
- cave in
- come around
- conform to
- consent to
- cry uncle
- defer
- discharge
- ditto
- don't make waves
- don't rock the boat
- fit in
- fold
- fulfill
- give in
- give out
- give up
- go along with
- go with the flow
- keep
- knuckle to
- knuckle under
- mind
- obey
- observe
- perform
- play ball
- play the game
- put out
- quit
- respect
- roll over and play dead
- satisfy
- shape up
- stay in line
- straighten up
- submit
- throw in towel
- toss it in
- yes one
- yield
comply
verbabide by, follow agreement or instructions- accede
- accord
- acquiesce
- adhere to
- agree to
- cave in
- come around
- conform to
- consent to
- cry uncle
- defer
- discharge
- ditto
- don't make waves
- don't rock the boat
- fit in
- fold
- fulfill
- give in
- give out
- give up
- go along with
- go with the flow
- keep
- knuckle to
- knuckle under
- mind
- obey
- observe
- perform
- play ball
- play the game
- put out
- quit
- respect
- roll over and play dead
- satisfy
- shape up
- stay in line
- straighten up
- submit
- throw in towel
- toss it in
- yes one
- yield
complying
verbabide by, follow agreement or instructions- accede
- accord
- acquiesce
- adhere to
- agree to
- cave in
- come around
- conform to
- consent to
- cry uncle
- defer
- discharge
- ditto
- don't make waves
- don't rock the boat
- fit in
- fold
- fulfill
- give in
- give out
- give up
- go along with
- go with the flow
- keep
- knuckle to
- knuckle under
- mind
- obey
- observe
- perform
- play ball
- play the game
- put out
- quit
- respect
- roll over and play dead
- satisfy
- shape up
- stay in line
- straighten up
- submit
- throw in towel
- toss it in
- yes one
- yield
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