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throw up hands

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throw up your hands

to stop trying to do something because it is too difficult. Instead of throwing up our hands, we found a way to fix this thing.

See also: hand, throw

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throw the baby out with the bath water
throw the book at
throw to the dogs
throw to the wolves
throw together
throw up

throw up hands
throw weight around
throw your weight behind
throw/toss hat in the ring
thumb
thumb nose at
thumb through
thumbs down to

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