Australian slang meaning to give up or admit defeat.
Australian slang meaning to give up or admit defeat. Typically used in informal or sporting contexts when someone throws in the effort rather than continuing a losing battle. A variant on the more widespread 'throw in the towel,' adapted with the Australian verb 'sky' meaning to throw or hurl upward. Carries a sense of dramatic resignation, sometimes deployed with self-deprecating humor.
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(transitive, Australia) To thoroughly defeat an opponent in a fight or competition.
(dated, Australia, slang) To abandon (something); to stop (an activity) or to stop trying at (an activity); to dump (something).
(South Africa, slang) To smoke cigarettes.
(slang, Australia, UK, intransitive) To quit doing something.
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(AU, slang) To give up; to surrender.
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