Advertisement
Vocabulary Entry
throw-in-the-towel
|verb • noun
Advertisement
V
verb
To give up or admit defeat.
Example Sentences
"After many failed attempts, they threw in the towel."
"She refused to throw in the towel."
"Don't throw in the towel too soon."
N
noun
An act of giving up; a surrender.
Example Sentences
"His resignation felt like a throw-in-the-towel."
"The loss was seen as a throw-in-the-towel moment."
"They treated the move as a throw-in-the-towel."