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SPONGE, CHUCKED IN THE
SPONGE, CHUCKED IN THE
ScnMaster
(
colloquial
)
a variation of
threw
in the sponge, admitted defeat; gave up. From the practice by a boxer's second (a person who advises a boxer) of throwing a sponge into the
ring
to concede defeat.
—HEV Approved Glossary