tirar la toalla
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Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the traditional signal from a boxer's support staff of throwing such an item into a boxing ring to indicate that the contestant cannot continue the match and is forfeiting to the opponent.
Verb
[edit]tirar la toalla (first-person singular present tiro la toalla, first-person singular preterite tiré la toalla, past participle tirado la toalla)
- (idiomatic) to throw in the towel; to give up; to quit
Conjugation
[edit]- see tirar
Further reading
[edit]- “arrojar, o tirar, la toalla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014