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Chuck Up The Sponge

Definition: Chuck Up The Sponge

Chuck Up The Sponge

Verb

1. Give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Chuck Up The Sponge

Synonyms: drop out (v), give up (v), quit (v), throw in (v), throw in the towel (v). (additional references)
Antonym: enter (v). (additional references)

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Modern Translations: Chuck Up The Sponge

Language Translations for "chuck up the sponge"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

feladja a küzdelmet (to chuck up the sponge, to throw up the sponge). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

uckchay upay ethay ongespay

   

Romanian

  

renunţa la luptã. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Alternative Orthography: Chuck Up The Sponge


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

43 68 75 63 6B      55 70      54 68 65      53 70 6F 6E 67 65

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

            

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

01000011 01101000 01110101 01100011 01101011 00100000 01010101 01110000 00100000 01010100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01010011 01110000 01101111 01101110 01100111 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#104 &#117 &#99 &#107 &#32 &#85 &#112 &#32 &#84 &#104 &#101 &#32 &#83 &#112 &#111 &#110 &#103 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0068 0075 0063 006B      0055 0070      0054 0068 0065      0053 0070 006F 006E 0067 0065

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

37748769772558225474712538281807371

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Chuck Up The Sponge"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordításmagyar, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar

Romanian

dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcireromán, român

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationangol, englezesc
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Translations: Modern
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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