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chucked up the sponge

chucked up the sponge is the simple past and past participle of chuck up the sponge.

Meaning of chuck up the sponge

Verb

chuck up the sponge (third-person singular simple present chucks up the sponge, present participle chucking up the sponge, simple past and past participle chucked up the sponge)

  1. (dated) To quit; to give up; to admit defeat.
    • The fighting spirit of the German army is supplied by the officer and N. C. O. It has been proved that when a German soldier sees his bayonet his fighting value is finished — he "chucks up the sponge."1916, Pamphlets on the European War - Volume 26, page 10

Questions about chucked up the sponge

What is chucked up the sponge the simple past and past participle of?
Chucked up the sponge is the simple past and past participle of chuck up the sponge.

Words near chucked up the sponge in the dictionary

  1. chucked one's toys out of the cot
  2. chucked out
  3. chucked over
  4. chucked the deuces
  5. chucked up
  6. chucked up the sponge
  7. chucker
  8. chucker-out
  9. chuckers
  10. chuckers-out
  11. chuckey

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