Give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope

Jackson6612throw in the towel... give up in the face of defeat......of lacking hope......admit defeat[WordNet 3.0]I don't understand the bold phrase. What does "defeat of lacking hope" mean?Please guide me. Thanks.

"defeat of lacking hope" is not correct.

The following are the correct phrases.

give up in

Thanks, Canadian.

Hi,

It's a mistake or likely a typo.

throw in the towel
give up in the face of defeat, ( because one is ) of lacking hope; admit

CliveHi,It's a mistake or likely a typo.throw in the towelgive up in the face of defeat, ( because one is ) of lacking hope; admit defeat[WordNet 3.0]Clive

Thanks, Clive.

Hi,

It's a curious expression that doesn't seem right to me, either. A person can throw in the towel, or give up , because of immanent and certain defeat which causes a person to lack hope.

The expression comes from a boxing match in which a fighter's handlers give up hope of winning and signal to the referee by throwing a towel into the ring that they concede the match so that

AnonymousHi,It's a curious expression that doesn't seem right to me, either. A person can throw in the towel, or give up , because of immanent and certain defeat which causes a person to lack hope.The expression comes from a boxing match in which a fighter's handlers give up hope of winning and signal to the referee by throwing a towel into the ring that they concede the