accept defeat

Examples (10)

• After a long and difficult campaign, the politician had to publicly accept defeat.
• A true champion knows how to accept defeat with grace and learn from it.
• He's too proud to ever accept defeat, even when it's obvious he's lost the argument.
• The company was forced to accept defeat in the market share battle against its larger rival.
• Learning to accept defeat is an important part of growing up and playing games fairly.
• She refused to accept defeat and continued searching for a solution to the complex problem.
• Sometimes, the wisest course of action is to accept defeat and save your energy for the next challenge.
• The general will not accept defeat until every last option has been exhausted.
• After three overtimes, the exhausted team finally accepted defeat.
• It was heartbreaking to watch him accept defeat after coming so close to winning the championship.