释义 |
cry (or say or yell) uncleNorth American informal Surrender or admit defeat: he fought for a while, but he pretty quickly cried uncle...- Repeat steps 2 and 3 until all the bad guys are either dead or cry uncle.
- Plenty of people thought we should have just let the Confederate states go their own way in 1861 - but even they knew that if we beat General Lee on the field and occupied enough of the South, that the CSA would cry uncle and quit.
- I will hound that poor excuse of a human being until he yells uncle or stops posting vapid, unproven horse nonsense that all of you seem to believe.
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