> So you're saying I should just **throw in the towel** and do whatever
> they want?

> **throw in the towel** or less commonly **throw in the sponge** (phrase)
> 
> To abandon a struggle or contest : acknowledge defeat : **give up**  
>[M-W][1]


> **throw in the towel** (idiom)  
>  
>To stop trying to do something because you have realized that you
> cannot succeed  
>   
>*Three of the original five candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination have **now thrown in the towel**.*  
>[Cambridge][2]
 
> **to throw (chuck**, or **toss) in the towel**  
> 
> To admit defeat. Originally *Boxing*.
> 
> **1915** In the nineteenth round Storbeck's seconds ‘**threw the towel**’ in literally.
> 
> E. Corri, *Thirty Years Boxing Referee* 223  
>[OED online]

  


  

[1]: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/throw%20in%20the%20towel
  [2]: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/throw-in-the-towel#google_vignette