throw in the towel

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)Toquit; togive up.If their restaurant can't get business even on Mother's Day, it might be time for them tothrow in the towel.1960,P. G. Wodehouse,Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VIII:In short, there was so much space and so many things to shove things behind that most people, called on to find a silver cow-creamer there, would have said “Oh, what's the use?” andthrown in the towel.2024July 10, Christian Wolmar, “The future of the rail franchises is certainly uncertain”, inRAIL, number1013, page50:One key imponderable is the attitude of the companies that will no longer have a role in the business. It is worth noting here that several have alreadythrown the towel inor been gently pushed out, such as Stagecoach and National Express.

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