throw in the towel

He fell heavily to the canvas and, with 20 seconds left in the round, trainer Billy Nelson threw in the towel.

There are many implications of this, not least the dramatic social change that results as small family farms gradually throw in the towel.

“Right as I was about to throw in the towel, two helicopters came,” he said.

Gaetz throwing in the towel is a necessary reminder that it can pay to fight back.

“But once I basically threw in the towel and said, ‘Hey, this isn’t gonna work,’ I was able to sit back and try to enjoy it.