quit on one’s stool
v. phr.— «In boxing parlance, Pacquiao and his team scored a technical knockout win over Murad, who “quit on his stool” before the eight-man jury could come up with a verdict in the highly publicized court case the Filipino boxer filed last April in a New York federal court.» —“Pacquiao a free agent” by Emmanuel B. Villaruel Freeman (Cebu, Philippines) June 30, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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