| lose(verb, drop, decline, reduce, fall) |
| yield(verb, drop, give, decline, fall) |
| abandon(verb, stop, break, withdraw, leave) |
| abdicate(verb, stop, break, withdraw, leave) |
| acquiesce(verb, surrender, defer, accede, capitulate) |
| admit defeat(verb, expression, stop, break, withdraw) |
| back down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, break) |
| be beaten(verb, drop, decline, reduce, fall) |
| be defeated(verb, drop, decline, reduce, fall) |
| be humbled(verb, drop, decline, fall, yield) |
| be outdistanced(verb, drop, decline, fall, yield) |
| be sunk(verb, drop, decline, fall, yield) |
| be taken to cleaners(verb, drop, decline, fall, yield) |
| be the loser(verb, drop, decline, fall, yield) |
| be worsted(verb, drop, decline, fall, yield) |
| bend(verb, stop, withdraw, leave, surrender) |
| bow(verb, stop, withdraw, leave, surrender) |
| break(verb, stop, withdraw, leave, surrender) |
| buy(verb, stop, break, withdraw, leave) |
| call it quits(verb, expression, idiom, stop, break) |