admit defeat

idiom

: to admit that one has been defeated

Although she did poorly in the first round, she has refused to admit defeat.

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But the former president’s obeisance to Cohn’s Rule No. 3 — claim victory, never admit defeat — dealt the project a setback. —

Chris Lee, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2024 If Northvolt can’t turn it around, EU governments would come under pressure to effectively admit defeat and open the door for Chinese players to establish more factories in Europe in order to keep the region’s EV transition alive. —

Shawn Tully, Fortune Europe, 10 Oct. 2024 Cohn's three rules for winning — always attack, deny everything, and never admit defeat — remain core tenets of Trump's political playbook. —

EW.com, 3 Oct. 2024 Sign up Chaos and ugliness seem all but certain in November because our two-party democracy needs one side to admit defeat and walk away. —

Theunis Bates, theweek, 1 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for admit defeat