throw in the towel

1.
General Englishneutralinformal
- To admit defeat or acknowledge inability to continue; to stop trying.
- To concede or give up an effort, contest, or argument.
2.
General Englishneutralinformal
- Originally, to signal surrender in boxing by throwing a towel into the ring; used figuratively to indicate stopping a contest or ceasing resistance.

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