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| concede (особ. на выборах); pack it in; throw up one's hands; throw in cards (Anglophile); throw in the sponge (Anglophile); give sb. best | |||
| cry uncle (Aly19) | |||
| strike sail | |||
| throw in the towel (After spending the better part of a hundred billion dollars in an (ultimately futile) effort to defend the ruble, the Central Bank essentially threw in the towel last March. Потратив почти сто миллиардов долларов в попытке (в конечном счёте, безуспешной) защитить рубль, Центробанк в марте прошлого года фактически признал своё поражение. Andrew052) | |||
| come under the yoke; recognize defeat; recognize that one is beaten; pass under the yoke | |||
| holler uncle (Am. Andrey Truhachev); say uncle (Am. Andrey Truhachev); cry uncle (Am. Andrey Truhachev) | |||
| признать своё поражение: 10 phrases in 6 subjects |
| American usage, not spelling | 1 |
| Chess | 2 |
| Diplomacy | 1 |
| General | 1 |
| Makarov | 4 |
| Politics | 1 |