concede defeat

phrase

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

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Mourinho had seen enough and marched over to Parkinson on the touchline, holding out his hand in a gesture intended to concede defeat. — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026 Ouattara came to power following a political crisis in 2010 and 2011 after Laurent Gbagbo refused to concede defeat. — Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025 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 — Rod Pyle, Space.com, 14 July 2025 Or is the presidential suite an outdated model that should concede defeat to its modern successors? — Michelle Tchea, Robb Report, 3 July 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 4 Oct. 2026.

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