en:chuck up the sponge • drop by the wayside • drop out • fall by the wayside • quit • throw in the towelen

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  • v.
    ⦿give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat

Semantic relations

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechverb
wn:example
⦿In the second round, the challenger gave up
∴ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:chuck up the sponge
  2. enl:drop by the wayside
  3. enl:drop out
  4. enl:fall by the wayside
  5. enl:quit
  6. enl:throw in the towel
wn:interlingual index
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∴wn:eq synonymdn:opgive§1

Other

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verb.competition
skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
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  • chuck up the sponge • drop by the wayside • drop out • fall by the wayside • give up • quit • throw in • throw in the towel
  • chuck up the sponge • drop by the wayside • drop out • fall by the wayside • quit • throw in the towel