Usually means: Admit defeat, stop trying.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. throw in the towel: Merriam-Webster
  2. throw in the towel: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. throw in the towel: Collins English Dictionary
  4. throw in the towel: Vocabulary.com
  5. throw in the towel: Wiktionary
  6. throw in the towel: Dictionary.com
  7. Throw in the towel: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. throw in the towel: Rhymezone
  9. throw in the towel: FreeDictionary.org
  10. throw in the towel: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. throw in the towel: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. Throw in the towel: World Wide Words

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

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

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

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

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. throw in the towel: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (throw in the towel)

verb:  (idiomatic) To quit; to give up.

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