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Meanings of admit defeat in английском

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Usage of admit defeat in английском
1
It'll be too easy to admit defeat before you have even started.
The South African
2
Daga had looked startled to hear his fleetmaster admit defeat, even tentatively.
Envoy
3
She will make the first advances towards peace; she will ultimately admit defeat.
What is Coming? A Forecast of Things after the War
4
Since the war, Victorious North continued to admit defeat in California.
Sleeping Fires: a Novel
5
Everyone looked exhausted, but no one was ready to admit defeat.
Gravity
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It is not often that the German official communiqués admit defeat.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, September 26, 1917
7
He was also, I suspect, too proud to admit defeat and too stubborn.
The Guardian
8
I try to draw upon that, but eventually I admit defeat.
Daughters of the Nile
9
To admit defeat to the premier-no ,hewas not ready for that yet.
The Last Shot
10
Somehow she could not imagine Forrester laying down his weapons to admit defeat.
The Vision of Desire
11
Eventually she had to admit defeat and switch a somnolence program to primary.
The Neutronium Alchemist
12
The universe had gone mad, yet he refused to admit defeat.
Navigators of Dune
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Persistent rain in the area left officials with no choice but to admit defeat.
The Irish Times
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It took 15 years for the US to admit defeat and withdraw from Vietnam.
The Irish Times
15
Or the unbearable pathos of the moment when you are forced to admit defeat?
Jonathan strange and mr norrell
16
Neither wants a bloodbath and neither wants to admit defeat.
Reuters
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Admit defeat through the time
Admit defeat across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common
United Kingdom
Less common