TO THROW UP THE SPONGE

Definition: TO THROW UP THE SPONGE

TO THROW UP THE SPONGE

1. To give up a contest; to acknowledge defeat; -- from a custom of the prize ring, the person employed to sponge a pugilist between rounds throwing his sponge in the air in token of defeat. [Cant or Slang] ``He was too brave a man to throw up the sponge to fate.'' --Lowell.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Modern Translation: TO THROW UP THE SPONGE

Language		Translations for "TO THROW UP THE SPONGE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Hungarian		feladja a küzdelmet (to chuck up the sponge), bedobja a törölközőt. (various references)

Pig Latin		otay owthray upay ethay ongespay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Alternative Orthography: TO THROW UP THE SPONGE

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 4F 54 48 52 4F 57 55 50 54 48 45 53 50 4F 4E 47 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01001111 00100000 01010100 01001000 01010010 01001111 01010111 00100000 01010101 01010000 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000101 00100000 01010011 01010000 01001111 01001110 01000111 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F 0054 0048 0052 004F 0057 0055 0050 0054 0048 0045 0053 0050 004F 004E 0047 0045

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

TO THROW UP THE SPONGE

Definition: TO THROW UP THE SPONGE