Throw up the sponge
Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 5To surrender or give up the contest
हथियार डाल देना
He would not throw up the sponge after nine bad weeks.
To throw up the sponge is the older form of the towel phrase.
Daily use: Iska matlab haar maan lena.
Boxing में towel से पहले sponge फेंककर मुक़ाबला रोकने का संकेत दिया जाता था। Throw up the sponge = आत्मसमर्पण करना, हार मान लेना — throw in the towel का पुराना जुड़वाँ।
Before towels came into use, a sponge was thrown up in the boxing ring as the sign to stop the fight. So 'throw up the sponge' means to surrender or give up the contest — the older twin of 'throw in the towel'.
Answer = आत्मसमर्पण करना, हार मानना। इसका meaning 'throw in the towel' जैसा है; opposite: 'persevere', 'hold out'।
Answer = to surrender or give up. It means the same as 'throw in the towel'; opposites: 'persevere', 'hold out'.