concede defeat

phrase

: to admit one has been defeated

They were forced to concede defeat.

Examples of concede defeat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

None more so than England captain Ben Stokes, who has finally been forced to concede defeat in his heroic attempt to bowl and bat his side to victory almost single-handed because of an injury born out of a brutal workload and relentless calendar. — Paul Newman, New York Times, 31 July 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

Rhymes for concede defeat

• amit
• athlete
• backseat
• blackfeet
• broadsheet
• browbeat
• buckwheat
• compete
• compleat
• complete
• conceit
• concrete