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throwing up the sponge

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables
throw-ing up the sponge
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
2
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of throw up the sponge

Questions

What does throwing up the sponge mean?
present participle and gerund of throw up the sponge

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