admit defeat



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admit defeat

To yield to the opposition or accept that one is wrong in some pursuit. Well, I ran a good campaign, but it is time I admitted defeat in this election.
See also: admit, defeat

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Joandrajo-AN-drəEnglish (Rare)
Evelina[evi'lainə]
Wasim-Arabic
Zahara-Hebrew
RhysHREES (Welsh), REES (English)Welsh
Mila-Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Czech, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian