concede defeat

idiom

: to admit one has been defeated
They were forced to concede defeat.

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Quick calculations told the story — Mars was a frigid, desert world, and those who still held to Lowell's dreams of a possible Martian empire had to concede defeat. Rod Pyle, Space.com, 14 July 2025 According to Nielson, rap battles and diss tracks are famous for being as audacious and inflammatory as possible in an attempt to get the other side to concede defeat. Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2025 In true Trump fashion, the store’s owner is refusing to concede defeat and has vowed to fight suburbia’s deep state. Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025 And yet, there are other indications that the RSF is in no rush to concede defeat. Christopher Tounsel, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for concede defeat

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“Concede defeat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/concede%20defeat. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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