SURRENDER
INTERJECTIONS
1910 ► UNCLE! used to signify one’s surrender, usually in a physical confrontation → US sl.
NOUNS
1523 ► DEDITION giving up, yielding, surrender → obs.
VERBS
1551 ► GIVE OVER ONE’S TACKLING to ‘lay down one’s arms’, to surrender, to give in → obs.
1597 ► GIVE GRASS to yield, to surrender → obs.
1746 ► FUNK to cower or tremble with fear; to back out of something; to surrender in a cowardly fashion → sl.
1859 ► HOLLER CALF-ROPE to plead for mercy or admit defeat; to say uncle; to give in, to surrender; to capitulate, esp. in children’s games → US sl.
1859 ► SAY CALF-ROPE to plead for mercy or admit defeat; to give in; to surrender; to say uncle → US sl.
1859 ► YELL CALF-ROPE to give up; to surrender; to capitulate, esp. in children’s games; to plead for mercy or admit defeat; to say uncle → US sl.
1905 ► CRY QUARTER to surrender → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1915 ► CHUCK IN THE TOWEL to give in, to surrender → sl., orig. boxing usage
1915 ► DROP ONE’S BUNDLE to give up hope, to surrender, to resist, to compete no further → Aust. & NZ sl.
1930 ► COP A PLEA to give in, to surrender, to compromise → sl. orig. US
1942 ► CRY CALF-ROPE to give in; to surrender; to capitulate, esp. in children’s games → Amer. dial.
1980 ► PUT ONE’S HANDS UP to surrender; to give in; to confess → Brit. police & criminals’ sl.
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