Speakur

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threw up the sponge

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables
threw up the sponge
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
1
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past of throw up the sponge

Questions

What does threw up the sponge mean?
simple past of throw up the sponge

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