"sky the towel" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: skies the towel [present, singular, third-person], skying the towel [participle, present], skied the towel [participle, past], skied the towel [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} sky the towel (third-person singular simple present skies the towel, present participle skying the towel, simple past and past participle skied the towel)
  1. (Australia, slang) To give up; to surrender. Tags: Australia, slang Synonyms: sky the wipe
    Sense id: en-sky_the_towel-en-verb-PKpxJNh- Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To give up; to surrender."
      ],
      "id": "en-sky_the_towel-en-verb-PKpxJNh-",
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        [
          "give up",
          "give up"
        ],
        [
          "surrender",
          "surrender"
        ]
      ],
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        "(Australia, slang) To give up; to surrender."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "sky the wipe"
        }
      ],
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        "Australia",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sky the towel"
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    {
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skying the towel",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "skied the towel",
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      ]
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      },
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    }
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To give up; to surrender."
      ],
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          "give up",
          "give up"
        ],
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          "surrender"
        ]
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        "(Australia, slang) To give up; to surrender."
      ],
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          "word": "sky the wipe"
        }
      ],
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        "Australia",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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