Meaning of tirar la esponja

Manuel Penichet P

tirar la esponja

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Throw the sponge or throwing in the towel, is an expression that means give up, give in, give up. It comes from the practice of boxing, where the manager or handler of a boxer, throwing the towel or sponge to the center of the ring so that the referee stop the fight before the superiority of the rival.

  

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PULL it SPONGE or pull it TOWEL.-1 ° ): said of the caregiver of a boxer, launch it to the view of the referee of the combat for indicate that, given the inferiority of his ward, of by finished the fight.-2 ° ): give is by expired, desist of an effort.

  

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