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匙を投げる is an exact match with one form of the following word:
さじを投げる
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Reading : さじをなげる   
expression, ichidan verb
to give up (something as hopeless); to throw in the towel
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 11 (among the 150,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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さじを投げる is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 229,000 (about 79,400 results)
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Example sentences:
かれ
せんせい
先生
さじ
げている

He is his teachers' despair.
わたし
その
じけん
事件
もう
さじ
げた

I have given up on that case.
匙を投げる
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Reading : さじをなげる   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 170,000 (about 440,000 results)
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トウ   なげる to throw (something)   
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lance shaft   
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キ    table   
また again   
hand
シ   さじ spoon   
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さじ spoon   
ゼ    just so, correctness, justice, right   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ヒキ    roll / bolt of cloth   
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