to throw up the sponge
101surrender — v 1. yield, deliver up, turn over, hand in, part with; render, remit; release, let go of, quit one s hold on, yield control of; relinquish, renounce, forsake, forgo, Law. disclaim; abdicate, resign, Chiefly Scot. demit; transfer, give over, cede …
102John Maulbetsch — NFL PlayerCoach name=Johnny Maulbetsch DateOfBirth= June 29, 1890 Birthplace=city state|Ann Arbor|Michigan DateOfDeath=death date and age|mf=yes|1950|09|14|1890|06|29 PlaceOfDeath=Ann Arbor, Michigan Position=HB College= Adrian College University …
103call — /kɔl / (say kawl) verb (t) 1. to cry out in a loud voice. 2. (of a bird or other animal) to utter (its characteristic cry). 3. to announce; proclaim: to call a halt. 4. to read over (a roll or list) in a loud voice. 5. to attract the attention of …
104yield — v 1. produce, give forth, bear, bring forth, give birth to; blossom, flower, bear fruit, fructify; breed, spawn, conceive, beget, engender, reproduce; cause, give rise to; give, furnish, supply; impart, bestow, confer, impart, afford; render,… …
105despair — n 1. hopelessness, disheartenment, dismay, discouragement; dejection, depression, despondency, slough of despond; defeatism, pessimism; resignation, resignedness. 2. gloom, melancholy, melancholia, misery, misera bleness, wretchedness, distress,… …
106despond — v be depressed, be cast down, despair; lose hope of, lose heart, give up, surrender, quit, Sl. pack it in, give up the ship, cry quits, cry craven, throw in the towel, throw in the sponge; falter, give way, sink, droop, pine away; mope, mourn,… …
107towel — See: THROW IN THE SPONGE or THROW IN THE TOWEL …
108towel — See: THROW IN THE SPONGE or THROW IN THE TOWEL …
109towel — See: throw in the sponge or throw in the towel …
110droop — v 1. sag, hang down, give way; bend, bow, (of trees, flowers, etc.) nod; slouch, crouch, stoop; dip, lean, curve; sink, slump, settle, drop; hang loosely, swag, depend from, dangle, loll. 2. languish, Dial. dwine, flag, fade, faint, weaken;… …
