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How to clean puke. ... First try to get off all of the throw up then get a cold wash clothe and rub it down and the get some carpet or rug cleaner and rub that into it to get the stain...
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Slice it up on a string of wire to look for anything that might have... ・ Before you get the wheel going, get a sponge and wet the wheel. Keep th... ... Make Yourself Throw up
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'To throw up the sponge,' to submit, give over the struggle, - from the practice of throwing up the sponge used to cleanse the combatants' faces, at a prize~fight, ...
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Sponge \Sponge\, n. [OF. esponge, F. ['e]ponge, L. spongia, Gr. ?, ?. Cf. Fungus, Spunk.] [Formerly written also spunge.] 1. (Zo[
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May 30, 2011 ... Its first quotation, from a slang dictionary of 1860, says "from the practice of throwing up the sponge used to cleanse the combatants' faces, at a ...
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throw up the sponge Definition. ... Dictionary Home » Words Starting with T » throw something out ... tick someone off » throw up the sponge. sponge noun. 1.
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To give up a contest; to acknowledge defeat; -- from a custom of the prize ring, the person employed to sponge a pugilist between rounds throwing his sponge in ...
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Aug 15, 2010 ... Why a sponge? The OED says the usage comes from the practice of throwing up the sponge used to clean a boxer's face as a signal that a ...
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Originally throw up the sponge or chuck up the sponge; OED cites "from the practice of throwing up the sponge used to cleanse the combatants' faces, at a ...
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