admit defeat

The important thing was to fight back - not to admit defeat.

Back to the wall, I admitted defeat - for the moment.

Finally, at least in my case, I don't want to admit defeat.

She had not expected him to admit defeat without even a trial.

Things certainly look bad, but I'm not ready to admit defeat quite yet.

"The second thing is that we are going to admit defeat."

But, again, at the end they had to admit defeat.

He told them to go home, admit defeat, build new lives.

Still not ready to admit defeat, he sent for ice.

Michael admits defeat as he can not fight true love.