Definition for Chuck up the sponge:

• give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; " In the second round, the challenger gave up"

Synonyms for Chuck up the sponge:

• n.

  •chuck up the sponge (noun)
  • drop out,
  • quit,
  • throw in the towel,
  • give up.
  •throw-in (noun)
  • throw-in.

• v.

  •competition (verb)
  • chuck up the sponge,
  • fall by the wayside,
  • drop by the wayside,
  • throw in.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • abdicate,
  • absolve,
  • acquittance,
  • admit,
  • allow for,
  • annul,
  • antecede,
  • antedate,
  • appropriate,
  • arrest,
  • bang,
  • bar,
  • bare,
  • barge in,
  • barren,
  • barricade,
  • bear,
  • beef,
  • birth,
  • block,
  • block off,
  • block up,
  • blockade,
  • blockage,
  • boot,
  • break,
  • break off,
  • bring out,
  • butt in,
  • button,
  • capitulation,
  • catch,
  • charge,
  • check,
  • chime in,
  • chisel in,
  • closure,
  • come,
  • come out,
  • complain,
  • complimentary,
  • concede,
  • confiscate,
  • contain,
  • costless,
  • countenance,
  • countermand,
  • de-escalate,
  • deep-six,
  • departure,
  • deport,
  • desert,
  • desolate,
  • destitute,
  • detached,
  • deviate,
  • devoid,
  • diaphragm,
  • digress,
  • discharge,
  • disembarrass,
  • disengage,
  • dislodge,
  • dismissal,
  • dismission,
  • disown,
  • diverge,
  • drive home,
  • earmark,
  • eject,
  • empty,
  • enclose,
  • end,
  • enter,
  • excess,
  • exempt,
  • exhaust,
  • exit,
  • expel,
  • expiration,
  • extra,
  • extradite,
  • fall,
  • fifth wheel,
  • finish,
  • firing,
  • flush,
  • forfeited,
  • forfeiture,
  • forsake,
  • free people,
  • freeing,
  • full point,
  • full stop,
  • furlough,
  • get in,
  • get into,
  • give birth,
  • giving up,
  • go,
  • go away,
  • go in,
  • go into,
  • going,
  • grant,
  • gratis,
  • gratuitous,
  • gripe,
  • halt,
  • hand over,
  • handout,
  • have,
  • hitch,
  • hive away,
  • hold back,
  • hold on,
  • inclose,
  • innocent,
  • insert,
  • instal,
  • install,
  • intercept,
  • interfere,
  • intervene,
  • introduce,
  • issue,
  • kibosh,
  • kick back,
  • kicking,
  • kvetch,
  • lay in,
  • leave,
  • let,
  • let go,
  • let go of,
  • liberal,
  • liberate,
  • liberation,
  • lift,
  • loose,
  • loss,
  • move into,
  • occlusion,
  • occlusive,
  • outlet,
  • overturn,
  • part,
  • passing,
  • permit,
  • pitch,
  • place,
  • plain,
  • plosive,
  • plosive consonant,
  • plosive speech sound,
  • point,
  • precede,
  • predate,
  • present,
  • press release,
  • provide,
  • publish,
  • pull up stakes,
  • put out,
  • quetch,
  • recoil,
  • reconcile,
  • redeem,
  • redundant,
  • relieve,
  • render,
  • repeal,
  • repudiate,
  • rescind,
  • rescue,
  • reserve,
  • resignation,
  • return,
  • reverse,
  • revoke,
  • rid,
  • rush,
  • sack,
  • sacking,
  • sacrifice,
  • salt away,
  • save,
  • scanty,
  • secrete,
  • set forth,
  • set out,
  • set up,
  • shoot,
  • sidetrack,
  • sound off,
  • spare part,
  • spill,
  • spillage,
  • squawk,
  • stack away,
  • start,
  • start out,
  • stash away,
  • stay,
  • stick in,
  • stop consonant,
  • stopover,
  • stoppage,
  • store,
  • straggle,
  • submit,
  • supererogatory,
  • superfluous,
  • supernumerary,
  • surplus,
  • take into account,
  • terminate,
  • thrill,
  • tolerate,
  • tone ending,
  • trim,
  • turn,
  • turn back,
  • turn in,
  • unblock,
  • unconstraint,
  • unembellished,
  • unfreeze,
  • unloose,
  • unloosen,
  • unornamented,
  • vary,
  • vent,
  • waiver,
  • wantonness,
  • weaken,
  • wildness,
  • yield,
  • yielding,
  • layover,
  • take off,
  • break in,
  • step down,
  • set off,
  • cut in,
  • stop over,
  • fork over,
  • fork out,
  • fork up,
  • step in,
  • period,
  • bitch,
  • set aside.

Antonyms for Chuck up the sponge:

• v.

  • competition
    enter.
  • Other antonyms:
    participate.