throw in the sponge
Example Sentences
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Retired Escondido, Calif. Some men would have been ready to throw in the sponge.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ever since Depression II, Street sages have guessed at Pierce's losses, wondered when he would start dismantling offices or throw in the sponge.
From Time Magazine Archive
The stockholders, ready to throw in the sponge, voted to liquidate.
From Time Magazine Archive
So why not throw in the sponge on Laetrile?
From Time Magazine Archive
The poor kid was hangin' on the ropes waitin' for somebody to throw in the sponge.
From Kid Scanlan by H. C. (Harry Charles) Witwer
