crying Uncle

But crying ‘Uncle!’ and then muttering sorry are the actions of someone trying to rush the atonement process.

“I think they’re crying uncle,” said LightShed Ventures media analyst Rich Greenfield of Warner Bros' moves.

Crying Uncle: “Simply cherish,” 100 percent.

It’s to “create so much pressure, anxiety, and fear” that workers “feel they have no choice but to vote NO, like someone crying uncle when they have been threatened relentlessly for days, weeks, and months.”

Robert Costa, Josh Dawsey and Sean Sullivan report: “‘I don’t see him crying uncle anytime soon,’ said Stephen Moore, a conservative economist who withdrew from consideration as a Trump Federal Reserve Board nominee amid an uproar.