Summary
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- throw in the towel:
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Wiktionary:
- throw in the towel → jeter l'éponge, jeter l’éponge, rendre les armes
- throw in the towel → jeter l'éponge, jeter le manche après la cognée
English
Detailed Translations for throw in the towel from English to French
throw in the towel:
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throw in the towel (give up)
abandonner; laisser tomber-
abandonner verb (abandonne, abandonnes, abandonnons, abandonnez, abandonnent, abandonnais, abandonnait, abandonnions, abandonniez, abandonnaient, abandonnai, abandonnas, abandonna, abandonnâmes, abandonnâtes, abandonnèrent, abandonnerai, abandonneras, abandonnera, abandonnerons, abandonnerez, abandonneront)
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laisser tomber verb
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Translation Matrix for throw in the towel:
| Verb | Related Translations | Other Translations |
| abandonner | give up; throw in the towel | abandon; abort; annul; break up; cancel; cease; depart; depart from; desert; discard; drop out; give up; go; go away; leave; pull out; quit; relinquish; render thanks; renunciate; rescind; retire; say thank you to; secede from; stop; thank; withdraw |
| laisser tomber | give up; throw in the towel | let down; let drop; let fail; let fall; let go down |
| - | chuck up the sponge; drop by the wayside; drop out; fall by the wayside; give up; quit; throw in | |
| Modifier | Related Translations | Other Translations |
| laisser tomber | chuck it |
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Related Definitions for "throw in the towel":
Wiktionary Translations for throw in the towel:
throw in the towel
Cross Translation:
verb
throw in the towel
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(idiomatic) to quit; to give up
- throw in the towel → jeter l'éponge
verb
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abandonner une action, une activité, perdre espoir de réussir.
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terme|Guerre capituler lors d'un conflit armé, se rendre.
- rendre les armes → capitulate; surrender; surrender one's weapons; give up; throw in the towel
Cross Translation:
| From | To | Via |
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| • throw in the towel | → jeter l'éponge | ↔ de handdoek in de ring werpen — het opgeven |
| • throw in the towel | → jeter le manche après la cognée | ↔ die Flinte ins Korn werfen — zu schnell aufgeben |