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
My opponent was not one of the sort to give quarter.
From My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life by Talbot Baines Reed
Also,” he added, his brow darkening, “we give quarter, and your people do not.”
From Peggy Owen at Yorktown by Lucy Foster Madison
Alack that my sorry need of medicines compels me to give quarter!
From Blackbeard: Buccaneer by Frank Earle Schoonover
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