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    throw in the towel

    US /θroʊ ɪn ðə ˈtaʊəl/

    ・

    UK /θrəu ɪn ðə ˈtaʊəl/

    B2
    idm.To admit defeat or give up.
    After many failures, she finally threw in the towel and quit.

    Video subtitles

    If You Want 2025 To Be The Best Year of Your Life. Please Watch This Video...

    08:15If You Want 2025 To Be The Best Year of Your Life. Please Watch This Video...
    • You already know what it feels like to quit, to stop, to throw in the towel, to sit on the couch.

      You already know what it feels like to quit, to stop, to throw in the towel, to sit on the couch.

    • You already know what it feels like to quit, to stop, to throw in the towel, to sit on the couch.

      You already know what it feels like to quit, to stop, to throw in the towel, to sit on the couch.

    A2

    HABITS to LOOK like a MODEL (even if you're not one)

    10:41HABITS to LOOK like a MODEL (even if you're not one)
    • The routine is super simple because if I make it complicated, I know I'll throw in the towel.

      The routine is super simple because if I make it complicated, I know I'll throw in the towel.

    • The routine is super simple because, if I make it complicated, I know I'll throw in the towel.

      The routine is super simple because, if I make it complicated, I know I'll throw in the towel.

    B1

    English Podcast - How to: Overcoming Procrastination - Breaking Free from Laziness

    12:51English Podcast - How to: Overcoming Procrastination - Breaking Free from Laziness
    • "Last week I had to power through a really tough project." Here's "throw in the towel." This means to give up.

      "Last week I had to power through a really tough project." Here's "throw in the towel." This means to give up.

    • Here's, throw in the towel.

      Here's, throw in the towel.

    B1

    FIRST KISS FAIL (Part Timers #19)

    11:21FIRST KISS FAIL (Part Timers #19)
    • Let's try one more exercise before we throw in the towel, and I never, ever come back again.

      Let's try one more exercise before we throw in the towel, and I never, ever come back again.

    • before we throw in the towel

      before we throw in the towel

    B1

    I Walked Across Tokyo at Midnight

    15:12I Walked Across Tokyo at Midnight
    • I'm starting to have my doubts as to whether or not we're gonna be able to make it all the way across the city before the sun comes up, but I'm not quite ready to throw in the towel yet.

      I'm starting to have my doubts as to whether or not we're gonna be able to make it all the way across the city before the sun comes up, but I'm not quite ready to throw in the towel yet.

    • I'm not quite ready to throw in the towel yet, so let's keep going.

      I'm not quite ready to throw in the towel yet, so let's keep going.

    A2

    Feeling bad about your English? 18 solutions!

    13:21Feeling bad about your English? 18 solutions!
    • As I said in the beginning of the lesson, if you throw in the towel, I think that's more of a sports reference because you're like, oh, doing your sports, you're done, take a shower, take a shower, throw in the towel, means you're finished.

      As I said in the beginning of the lesson, if you throw in the towel, I think that's more of a sports reference because you're like, oh, doing your sports, you're done, take a shower, take a shower, throw in the towel, means you're finished.

    • So, you throw in the towel, you want to quit.

      So, you throw in the towel, you want to quit.

    A2

    EL CHALTEN TRAVEL GUIDE 🏔️🤩 | Things to See, Eat & Do in El Chalten, Argentina

    18:39EL CHALTEN TRAVEL GUIDE 🏔️🤩 | Things to See, Eat & Do in El Chalten, Argentina
    • I was so tempted to throw in the towel and turn around on that final kilometer.

      I was so tempted to throw in the towel and turn around on that final kilometer.

    • I was so tempted to throw in the towel and turn around on that final kilometer.

      I was so tempted to throw in the towel and turn around on that final kilometer.

    B1

    I DIDN'T COME THIS FAR TO BE AVERAGE - Powerful Motivational Speech Video | Marcus A. Taylor

    16:27I DIDN'T COME THIS FAR TO BE AVERAGE - Powerful Motivational Speech Video | Marcus A. Taylor
    • They can feel their stored-up potential if they don't quit, if they don't throw in the towel, if they believe in themselves and put faith in God that He will see them through.

      They can feel their stored-up potential if they don't quit, if they don't throw in the towel, if they believe in themselves and put faith in God that He will see them through.

    • They can feel their stored up potential if they don't quit, if they don't throw in the towel, if they believe in themselves and put faith in God that he will see them true.

      They can feel their stored up potential if they don't quit, if they don't throw in the towel, if they believe in themselves and put faith in God that he will see them true.

    B1

    Did Trump Miscalculate on Iran? with Niall Ferguson

    58:16Did Trump Miscalculate on Iran? with Niall Ferguson
    • So I look at this and I think we kind of expect them to throw in the towel.

      So I look at this and I think we kind of expect them to throw in the towel.

    • So I look at this, and I think we kind of expect them to throw in the towel.

      So I look at this, and I think we kind of expect them to throw in the towel.

    B1

    Top 10 Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs

    05:56Top 10 Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs
    • And I was thinking, "The only rational thing actually is to throw in the towel, right?" Everyone around me told me that that was going to be the case.

      And I was thinking, "The only rational thing actually is to throw in the towel, right?" Everyone around me told me that that was going to be the case.

    • And I was thinking, "The only rational thing actually is to throw in the towel, right?" Everyone around me told me that that was going to be the case.

      And I was thinking, "The only rational thing actually is to throw in the towel, right?" Everyone around me told me that that was going to be the case.

    A2