admit defeat

Sometimes you have to admit defeat at a point or you just get stalker-ish.

In this instance, noted early last year, they had to admit defeat.

Mercifully, there comes a point when even the most committed of ideologues admit defeat.

Call him sulking or call him certain, Bill Clinton almost tore his own party in half rather than admit defeat.

After the twentieth negative answer Jason was ready to admit defeat in this line of investigation.

There seems to be a special providence that watches over people who won't admit defeat.

It is not often that the German official communiqués admit defeat.

There is no middle course; it must either win a victory or admit defeat in common with the traditional school.

He would rather die than admit defeat, with all those who knew him looking on at the game.