Usually means: Surrendered or gave up completely.
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We found 8 dictionaries that define the word threw in the towel:

General (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. threw in the towel: Merriam-Webster
  2. threw in the towel: Vocabulary.com
  3. Threw in the towel: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. threw in the towel: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. threw in the towel: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. threw in the towel: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. threw in the towel: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. threw in the towel: Idioms



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