make a concession
Frequency: 8.520.0 per million words
To agree to give something or allow something in order to end a disagreement.
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- The company will be forced to make concessions to the union.
- In any negotiation, both sides must be willing to make a concession.
- After hours of debate, the government finally made a significant concession on the new tax law.
- They have made no concessions to our demands so far.
- To save our friendship, I was willing to make a small concession and apologize first.
- If you want to reach an agreement, you'll have to make some concessions.
- It was a difficult decision to make a concession, but it was necessary for peace.
- Making a concession doesn't always mean you are weak; it can be a sign of strength.
- The sales team had to make a key concession on pricing to close the deal.
- Neither country seems prepared to make the first concession in the trade dispute.