Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thrown in the towel

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.81 in modern English

Syllables
thrown in the -tow-el
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does thrown in the towel mean?
past participle of throw in the towel

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