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throw up hands
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.
throw up (one's) hands
To indicate or express utter hopelessness: He threw up his hands and abandoned the argument.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Ainsworth | | ['einzwɜ:θ] | |
| Nichol | | ['nikl] | |
| Meera | | - | Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada |
| Kevin | | ['kevin] | |
| Antonius | | an-TO:-ni-uws (Ancient Roman), ahn-TO-nee-us (Dutch) | Ancient Roman, Dutch |
| Plamen | | - | Bulgarian, Serbian |