"throw down one's tools" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: throws down one's tools [present, singular, third-person], throwing down one's tools [participle, present], threw down one's tools [past], thrown down one's tools [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|throw<,,threw,thrown> down one's tools}} throw down one's tools (third-person singular simple present throws down one's tools, present participle throwing down one's tools, simple past threw down one's tools, past participle thrown down one's tools)
  1. (figuratively or symbolically) To go on strike.
    Sense id: en-throw_down_one's_tools-en-verb-5P~p6nwv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
     
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