cry uncle

He regards them not as suffering individuals but as leverage to force the West to cry uncle and urge Ukraine to sue for peace.

So, in Rauch’s judgment, the good guys won this argument, even if evangelicals have refused to cry uncle.

“You want to cry uncle sometimes,” manager David Ross said with a chuckle.

Or you finally cry uncle when faced with yet another unlabeled jar containing two tablespoons of a vinaigrette you don’t even remember whisking together.

Just tie the authorities up for years and make them pour their limited resources into a case so they will give up and cry uncle – that's the Roy Cohn way.