drop by the wayside vs chuck up the sponge

drop by the wayside and chuck up the sponge both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
drop by the wayside	No	No	Yes	No
chuck up the sponge	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, drop by the wayside and chuck up the sponge are synonyms defined as:

drop by the wayside and chuck up the sponge: give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat

Other synonyms of drop by the wayside include drop out, fall by the wayside, give up, quit, throw in, throw in the towel.

drop by the wayside (verb)	chuck up the sponge (verb)
give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat	give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat