finally concede
Frequency: 7.010.2 per million words
to admit something at the end of a process or period of disagreement
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- After hours of debate, the minister had to finally concede the point.
- The company finally conceded that its initial safety reports were flawed.
- He had argued for weeks, but he finally conceded that his wife's plan was better.
- Faced with overwhelming evidence, the suspect finally conceded his guilt.
- The government will have to finally concede defeat on this unpopular policy.
- Finally conceding the election was the most difficult speech of her career.
- After a long stalemate, the management finally conceded a pay raise to the workers.
- I guess I have to finally concede you were right about that restaurant.
- The research team had to finally concede that their hypothesis was not supported by the data.
- She refused to argue anymore and finally conceded the argument to her persistent brother.