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What they say where you're from and isn't in the Slangtionary yet

You are adding to Throw in the towel. What is already there stays, we only add yours.

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Real-life examples
  • After three hours debugging, I threw in the towel, ordered takeaway, and told the team we’ll ship tomorrow, not tonight.
  • After three solid hours debugging the production error at the office of the start-up in Shoreditch on the Friday evening of the company anniversary, I threw in the towel at the kitchen-table workstation of the open-plan office, ordered a Thai takeaway from the place on Curtain Road, and told the team on Slack we would ship the patch on Monday morning instead of tonight.
  • My uncle in Liverpool ran the family chip shop on Smithdown Road for forty-three years through three recessions and two bypass operations of the surgeon at Aintree University Hospital, finally threw in the towel last March at the age of seventy-eight, sold the lease to a young couple from Anfield, and now plays bowls on the green of the church hall every Wednesday afternoon at three.
  • We tried building the IKEA wardrobe without the instructions, put the doors on backwards, then finally threw in the towel and called her dad.
  • I was gonna fix my sleep schedule this week, but by Thursday I was eating cereal at 2 a.m. and just threw in the towel.
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What happens next

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    We check it We make sure people really say it and that it isn't already here under another spelling.
  2. 2
    It goes live with your name It enters the dictionary and your Magikito profile, setines included.
  3. 3
    And we polish it We add its tone, where it comes from when that's known, and its sibling expressions.

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