give quarter
Example Sentences
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Which probably explains why we give quarter to all these smelly charlatans in the first place.
From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2012
Yet our faith in her lies in the fact that she will not give quarter to your stupid judgments.
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2012
He inquired if there were any French in the attacking force, and, if so, whether they would give quarter.
From Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 by William Dawson LeSueur
At the moment, however, that they are, to all appearance, about to be exterminated by a volley from the patriots, Jago cries out to hold and give quarter, for that they are Creoles and friends.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 by Various
I tell the ministers, I will neither give quarter nor take it.
From The American Union Speaker by John D. (John Dudley) Philbrick
