1
play ball with(expression, idiom, accept, allow, acknowledge)
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play dead(verb, expression, fall, leave, abandon)
1
play the game(expression, idiom, observe, surrender, quit)
1
put up white flag(verb, expression, idiom, fall, leave)
1
relax(verb, stop, withdraw, leave, surrender)
1
renounce(verb, leave, abandon, yield, quit)
1
resign oneself(verb, expression, agree, surrender, acknowledge)
1
roll over(verb, expression, accept, fall, agree)
1
sag(verb, stop, withdraw, leave, surrender)
1
sanction(agree, allow, approve, permit, accord)
1
satisfy(verb, observe, quit, submit, obey)
1
say yes(expression, agree, allow, yield, approve)
1
serve(verb, accept, follow, yield, observe)
1
shape up(expression, observe, quit, submit, satisfy)
1
show white flag(verb, expression, idiom, break, drop)
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stoop(surrender, endure, bow, acquiesce, succumb)
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submission
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submissive
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suffer
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suffer defeat(verb, expression, stop, withdraw, leave)
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