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Say (cry) uncle - Definition of Say (cry) uncle at Dictionary.com a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms, and translation of Say (cry) uncle. Look it up now! ... Search another word or see say (cry) uncle on Thesaurus | Reference...
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say or cry uncle, Informal. to concede defeat: They ganged up on him in the schoolyard and made him say uncle. ... Use say uncle in a Sentence ... see cry uncle...
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Where does 'say uncle' come from? ... This call by one child for another to submit or cry for mercy — which appears variously as say uncle!, cry uncle! or holler uncle! — is first recorded in print in the US early in the twentieth century.
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accede, accept, accommodate, adapt, adjust, agree, allow, approve, bow to, buy, cave in, come across, come around, comply, concur, conform, consent, cry uncle, cut a deal, ditto*, give in, give out, go along, jibe, okay, pass, play ball, reconcile, roll over and play dead, say uncle, set, shake on, submit, subscribe,
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Say Uncle Clothing is how you say Seiunkel Clothing. ... 1. say or cry uncle, Informal. to concede defeat: They ganged up on him in the schoolyard and made him say uncle.
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Idiom Definitions for 'Say uncle' ... If you say uncle, you admit defeat. ('Cry uncle' is an alternative form.) ... View examples in Google: Say uncle...
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Sources say Facebook is near to announcing changes to its Beacon marketing platform after pressure from privacy advocates over the last week.
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We've said it before: It's not a good idea to eff with the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation). Now that Viacom has admitted it effed up by ordering the take down of a parody on YouTube, the EFF and Stanford Law's Fair Use Project (FUP, ... Yes, that was a long way to go for an effing pun. ... On behalf of BNF and MoveOn,
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The report has some interesting things to say about this simple student though, "Despite the fact that he was a student, al-Bayoumi had access to seemingly ... According to Margie Burns in her article titled Bush-connected firm provided security at World Trade Center, "Given that Jonathan Bush, the president's uncle,
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I’m not quite sure why stories of Winehouse’s self-degradation have come to skeev me out in ways that, say, the ongoing tribulations of current Spin cover star Pete Doherty do not. ... 25 Responses to “The Saga Of Amy Winehouse: We Cry Uncle”...
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