give quarter
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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
"Face to face shall eagles fight; will you give quarter?"
From Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age by Laurence Marcellus Larson
And then in a few minutes, from across the road again, and near where he was at first, came these soft words: 'Mr. Rollo—will you give quarter if I surrender at discretion?
From Wych Hazel by Susan Warner
Finally, to give quarter in the military sense is to give conditions absolutely, as opposed to the unmitigated exercise of the victor's power, and, as the most important of all conditions, to spare life.
From Notes and Queries, Number 206, October 8, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell
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