Abandonner après une longue lutte.
To give up after a long struggle.
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Au bout de dix ans, il a jeté l'éponge. — After ten years he threw in the towel.
Ne jette pas l'éponge avant le dernier round. — Don't throw in the towel before the last round.
Jetterais-tu l'éponge après une seule mauvaise critique ? — Would you throw in the towel after one bad review?
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