concede defeat

The Committee finally conceded defeat and left the matter open.

"This of course is the first time I stand and concede defeat."

He was ready to concede defeat and take the heat.

"Perhaps we should just concede defeat now and get it over with."

There was nothing else she could do for now but concede defeat.

It was not at all the kind of look you would expect from someone ready to concede defeat.

The real test, however, will be whether the parties are ready to concede defeat in a political race.

Harvard's administration said it was not yet ready to concede defeat.

Sometimes you have to concede defeat, however painful it may be.

They'd kept it up for two hours before conceding defeat.

In the kitchen the turkey had at last conceded defeat.

I should have conceded defeat a long time ago, and sent her to a clinic.

But neither would concede defeat, and they kept up the struggle.

I have already conceded defeat on the television cover question,' he yelled.

He promptly conceded defeat on the day of the election.

But even his friends cannot say whether that makes it all the harder to concede defeat there.

The commission conceded defeat on that aspect of the case.

Democrats are ready to concede defeat and respect the rules of the game.

He glanced over at him and watched the older man concede defeat with his eyes.

But the alternative was turning back, and if they did that the President might as well concede defeat.

Steve finally conceded defeat and agreed to appear on the show.

And for the moment, neither side claimed victory or conceded defeat.

He conceded defeat because he would be lost with best play.

But he conceded defeat tonight with less than 10 percent of the votes counted.

There was a small silence in which the artist conceded defeat, then she spoke.