Speakur

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throwing in the towel

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.81 in modern English

Syllables
throw-ing in the -tow-el
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of throw in the towel

Questions

What does throwing in the towel mean?
present participle and gerund of throw in the towel

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