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SPONGE, THROW IN THE (2)
SPONGE, THROW IN THE (2)
ScnMaster
(
colloquial
)
admit defeat; give up. The expression comes from the practice of a boxer's second (a person who advises a boxer) throwing a sponge into the
ring
to concede defeat.
—
Perception
of Truth Approved Glossary (9 June 92)