Meanings
present singular third person throws in the cards · participle present throwing in the cards · past threw in the cards · participle past thrown in the cards
- Synonym of throw in the towel.
Sure. Comforting news. If that's the extent of the left's imagination, we may as well throw in the cards and admit defeat and go en masse to sign up at our nearest Anita Bryant Treatment Center!
1978 December 9, Mitzel, “Post-Briggs Blues”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 20, page 5Synonyms: throw in the towel
Synonyms & antonyms
verbSynonym of throw in the towel.
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throw in the cards. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throw%20in%20the%20cards
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