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Definition of 'chuck up the sponge' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) drop out, give up, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw in, throw in the towel, quit, chuck up the sponge
give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat
"In the second round, the challenger gave up"

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