Usually means: Submit or yield under pressure.
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  1. say uncle: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. say uncle: Merriam-Webster
  3. say uncle: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. say uncle: Wiktionary
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  6. Say Uncle (Steven Universe), Say Uncle (album), Say Uncle (disambiguation), Say Uncle (film), Say Uncle: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Uncle, Say: The Word Detective
  8. Say Uncle: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. Say (or cry) uncle: World Wide Words

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  1. say uncle: Idioms

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  1. say uncle: Urban Dictionary

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▸ verb:  (US, idiomatic) To admit defeat; indicate submission, such as when wrestling; to ask for mercy.

Similar:
cry uncle, give in, give up, succumb, hand in one's checks, knock under, break down, wave the white flag, capitulate, put one's hands up, more...

Opposite:
persist, resist, endure

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Similar:
cry uncle, give in, give up, succumb, hand in one's checks, knock under, break down, wave the white flag, capitulate, put one's hands up, more...

Opposite:
persist, resist, endure



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