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
He has never been known to give quarter to any one.
From The Frontier Angel A Romance of Kentucky Rangers' Life by Edward Sylvester Ellis
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
Intellectually, it is as absurd to give quarter as it is absurd to expect it.
From Prisoner for Blasphemy by G. W. (George William) Foote
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