give no quarter
Example Sentences
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What would it look like to express those concerns and those grievances while also making it explicitly clear that you give no quarter to these people?
From Slate ● May 18, 2022
Roth would give no quarter to such claims nor to the implication that an artist carries some extra-moral burden to defend the public image of his ethnic identity.
From Washington Post ● May 23, 2018
Iran pays a $420 million claim When it comes to haggling about old debts, Iranian officials give no quarter.
From Time Magazine Archive
"They give no quarter, and they expect no quarter," says an official at the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency.
From Time Magazine Archive
Pope Gregory IX would give no quarter, and excommunicated the Emperor because he had been unable to go on a crusade owing to pestilence in his army.
From Heroes of Modern Europe by Alice Birkhead
