THROW IN THE TOWEL

Meaning of THROW IN THE TOWEL in English

v. phr. , informal To admit defeat; accept loss. After taking a beating for five rounds, the fighter's seconds threw in the sponge. When Harold saw his arguments were not being accepted, he threw in the towel and left.

Synonym: GIVE UP.

American idioms English vocabulary. Английский словарь американских идиом. 2012

THROW IN THE TOWEL — also throw in the sponge phrasal to abandon a struggle or contest ; acknowledge defeat ; give up
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
THROW IN THE TOWEL — phrasal see throw in the sponge
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THROW IN THE TOWEL — give up, concede
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
THROW IN THE TOWEL — also throw in the sponge : to abandon a struggle or contest : acknowledge defeat : give up
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THROW IN THE TOWEL — also throw in the sponge : to abandon a struggle or contest : acknowledge defeat : GIVE UP
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
THROW IN THE TOWEL — ( informal ) to admit that you have been defeated and stop trying
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THROW IN THE TOWEL — see towel
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THROW IN THE TOWEL — see towel
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
THROW IN THE TOWEL — {v. phr.}, {informal} To admit defeat; accept loss. * /After taking a beating for five rounds, the fighter's seconds threw …
Slang English vocab
THROW IN THE TOWEL — {v. phr.}, {informal} To admit defeat; accept loss. * /After taking a beating for five rounds, the fighter's seconds threw …
Словарь английских идиом
THROW IN THE TOWEL — quit fighting, give up Don't throw in the towel. One more year and you'll graduate.
English Idioms vocab
THROW IN THE TOWEL — quit fighting, give up Don't throw in the towel. One more year and you'll graduate.
English Idioms vocabulary
THROW IN THE TOWEL — сдаться, признать себя побежденным
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
THROW IN THE TOWEL — сдаться, признать себя побежденным
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
TOWEL — manu-toale
English interlingue dictionary
TOWEL — I. ˈtau̇(ə)l noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English towele, towaille, from Old French toaille, of Germanic origin; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THROW — I. ˈthrō verb ( threw ˈthrü ; or dialect throwed ˈthrōd ; or trun ˈtrən ; thrown ˈthrōn ; or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOWEL — /tow"euhl, towl/ , n. , v. , toweled, toweling or ( esp. Brit. ) towelled, towelling . n. 1. an …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TOWEL — v. wipe or dry with a towel
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TOWEL — I. ˈtau̇(-ə)l noun Etymology: Middle English towaille, from Anglo-French tuaille, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German dwahila towel; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THROW — I. ˈthrō verb ( threw ˈthrü ; thrown ˈthrōn ; throw·ing ) Etymology: Middle English thrawen, throwen to cause to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TOWEL — vt to beat with a stick. 2. towel ·noun a cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything …
Webster English vocab
THROW — noun a stroke; a blow. 2. throw ·noun an effort; a violent sally. 3. throw ·noun a turner's lathe; a …
Webster English vocab
TOWEL — [tow.el] n [ME towaille, fr. OF toaille, of Gmc origin; akin to OHG dwahila towel; akin to OHG dwahan to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
THROW — [throw] vb threw ; thrown ; throw.ing [ME thrawen, throwen to cause to twist, throw, fr. OE thrawan to cause …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TOWEL — towel BrE AmE ˈta ʊ ‿əl taʊl AmE ˈtaʊ‿ ə l ▷ toweled, towelled ˈta ʊ ‿əld taʊld AmE ˈtaʊ‿ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TOWEL — / ˈtaʊəl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun a piece of cloth or paper used for drying things, especially …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THROW — / θrəʊ; NAmE θroʊ/ verb , noun ■ verb ( threw / θruː; NAmE /, thrown / θrəʊn; NAmE θroʊn/) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOWEL — I. tow ‧ el 1 S3 /ˈtaʊəl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THROW — I. throw 1 S1 W1 /θrəʊ $ θroʊ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense threw /θruː/, past participle thrown /θrəʊn …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TOWEL — n. & v. --n. 1 a a piece of rough-surfaced absorbent cloth used for drying oneself or a thing after …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
THROW — v. & n. --v.tr. (past threw; past part. thrown) 1 propel with some force through the air or in a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TOWEL — n. & v. n. 1 a a piece of rough-surfaced absorbent cloth used for drying oneself or a thing after …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
THROW — v. & n. v.tr. (past threw; past part. thrown) 1 propel with some force through the air or in a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TOWEL — n. & v. --n. 1. a a piece of rough-surfaced absorbent cloth used for drying oneself or a thing after …
Oxford English vocab
THROW — v. & n. --v.tr. (past threw; past part. thrown) 1. propel with some force through the air or in a …
Oxford English vocab
TOWEL — ( towels, towelling, towelled) Note: in AM, use 'toweling', 'toweled' 1. A towel is a piece of thick soft cloth …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THROW — ( throws, throwing, threw, thrown) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. When …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOWEL — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bath towel ▪ She handed him a soft white bath towel. a beach …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
THROW — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a court dismisses/throws out sth (= refuses to allow or consider something ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TOWEL — [noun] [C] - a usually rectangular piece of cloth or paper used for drying someone or something that is wetMany …
Cambridge English vocab
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TOWEL — See: THROW IN THE SPONGE or THROW IN THE TOWEL.
Slang English vocab
TOWEL — An oaken towel, a cudgel. To rub one down with an oaken towel; to beat or cudgel him.
Slang English vocab
THROW — n. throw away throw back throw down throw in throw off throw out throw over throw up throwing away
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
TOWEL — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ clean , fresh ▪ damp , wet ▪ dry ▪ hot , warm ▪ rolled ( AmE …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
THROW — INDEX: to throw something through the air 1. to throw something 2. to throw a ball in a game 3. …
Longman Activator English vocab
THROW — n. 25B6; verb she threw the ball back : HURL, toss, fling, pitch, cast, lob, launch, catapult, project, propel; bowl; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
THROW — v. 1 toss, cast, hurl, fling, sling, pitch, dash, propel, project, shy, bowl, send, launch, Colloq chuck He threw the …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
TOWEL — See: THROW IN THE SPONGE or THROW IN THE TOWEL.
Словарь английских идиом
TOWEL — 1. сущ. полотенце bath towel ≈ банное полотенце dish амер., tea towel ≈ полотенце для посуды, кухонное полотенце face towel …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
THROW — 1. сущ. 1) а) бросание, бросок б) спорт бросок (прием в различных видах борьбы) в) дальность броска; расстояние, на которое …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TOWEL — towel.ogg 1. ʹtaʋəl n 1. полотенце clean towel - чистое полотенце bath towel - купальное полотенце dish towel - кухонное …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
THROW — throw.ogg 1. θrəʋ n 1. бросание; бросок at a single throw - одним ударом; сразу to have a throw at …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
IN — in.ogg 1. ın n 1. 1> (the ins) pl парл. разг. политическая партия, находящаяся у власти см. тж. 2> обыкн. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
THROW — 1) бросание 2) бросать 3) бросить 4) бросок 5) машиностр. бросок стрелки 6) выбрасывать 7) докидывать 8) запускать 9) зашвыривать 10) колено 11) метание 12) метанный 13) метать 14) накидной 15) наметывать 16) нашвыривать 17) откидывать 18) …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
TOWEL — вытирать(ся) полотенцем sl. бить полотенце to throw in the towel - сдаться, признать себя побежденным
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
TOWEL — 1. ʹtaʋəl n 1. полотенце clean towel - чистое полотенце bath towel - купальное полотенце dish towel - кухонное полотенце …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
THROW — 1. θrəʋ n 1. бросание; бросок at a single throw - одним ударом; сразу to have a throw at smth. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
IN — 1. ın n 1. 1> (the ins) pl парл. разг. политическая партия, находящаяся у власти см. тж. 2> обыкн. pl …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
TOWEL — 1. сущ. 1) полотенце bath towel — банное полотенце dish амер. , tea towel — полотенце для посуды, кухонное полотенце …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
THROW — 1. сущ. 1) а) бросание, бросок б) спец. бросок костей при игре в нарды ( тж. количество очков, выпавшее в …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике

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