Each of the following clues can be followed by a different word or words, but all the resulting phrases will have the same basic meaning. Can you determine what the new phrases are and what they have in common?

1. THROW
2. PULL
3. KISS
4. ADMIT
5. CALL
6. SAY
7. PACK

Answers:

1. Throw in the towel
2. Pull the plug
3. Kiss goodbye
4. Admit defeat
5. Call it quits
6. Say UNCLE
7. Pack it in

All the phrases mean to "give up."

Credit:
LA Times Crossword
June 1, 2008
Ed Voile
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