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towel
[ tou-uhl, toul ]
noun
- an absorbent cloth or paper for wiping and drying something wet, as one for the hands, face, or body after washing or bathing.
verb (used with object)
- to wipe or dry with a towel.
towel
/ ˈٲʊə /
noun
- a square or rectangular piece of absorbent cloth or paper used for drying the body
- a similar piece of cloth used for drying plates, cutlery, etc
- throw in the towelSee throw in
verb
- to dry or wipe with a towel
- slang.often foll byup to assault or beat (a person)
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of towel1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of towel1
Idioms and Phrases
- throw in the towel, Informal. to concede defeat; give up; yield:
He vowed he would never throw in the towel.
More idioms and phrases containing towel
see crying towel ; throw in the sponge (towel) .Example Sentences
Germany's Niemeier, heavily beaten against the Netherlands and struggling for form, covered her face with her towel at the end of the set as she became visibly upset.
Items in the pantry so far include sanitary towels, baby food, teabags, dog food and beans.
Doncic wiped his eyes with a towel, walked by a gauntlet of high-fiving reserves and joined the Lakers’ other starters on the floor.
Doncic sat alone on the bench, looking from the video screen to the towel he used to hide his face.
Sinclair Broadcast Group has already thrown in the towel in several markets, replacing its local coverage with its centralized news broadcast, called the National Desk.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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