give quarter
Example Sentences
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Which probably explains why we give quarter to all these smelly charlatans in the first place.
From Slate • Dec. 19, 2012
Yet our faith in her lies in the fact that she will not give quarter to your stupid judgments.
From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2012
He inquired if there were any French in the attacking force, and, if so, whether they would give quarter.
From Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 by LeSueur, William Dawson
Finally, to give quarter in the military sense is to give conditions absolutely, as opposed to the unmitigated exercise of the victor's power, and, as the most important of all conditions, to spare life.
From Notes and Queries, Number 206, October 8, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George
Ever ready to give quarter, they did not strike a fallen enemy.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 535, February 25, 1832 by Various
