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- (intransitive, idiomatic, slang, archaic) To give up a contest; to acknowledge defeat; to throw in the towel.
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Meaning
- [Verb]
- (intransitive, idiomatic, slang, archaic) To give up a contest; to acknowledge defeat; to throw in the towel.
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