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Throw In The Towel


Synonyms: Throw In The Towel

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

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Commercial Usage: Throw In The Towel

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Modern Translations: Throw In The Towel

Language Translations for "throw in the towel"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

bedobja a törülközőt (to throw in the towel). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

owthray inay ethay oweltay

   

Romanian

  

se recunoaşte înfrânt la box. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

pes etmek (cave, cry uncle, give up, knuckle down, knuckle under, succumb, surrender, throw up the sponge), havlu atmak (throw up the sponge). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Throw In The Towel

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-h-h-i-l-n-o-o-r-t-t-t-w-w"

-5 letters: otherwhile, thirteenth, worthwhile.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Throw In The Towel


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

54 68 72 6F 77      49 6E      54 68 65      54 6F 77 65 6C

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

            

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

01010100 01101000 01110010 01101111 01110111 00100000 01001001 01101110 00100000 01010100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01010100 01101111 01110111 01100101 01101100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#104 &#114 &#111 &#119 &#32 &#73 &#110 &#32 &#84 &#104 &#101 &#32 &#84 &#111 &#119 &#101 &#108

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0068 0072 006F 0077      0049 006E      0054 0068 0065      0054 006F 0077 0065 006C

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

547484818924380254747125481897178

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