(US, colloquial) To beg for mercy; to give up, admit defeat, surrender; indicate submission, such as when wrestling.
(US, colloquial) To beg for mercy; to give up, admit defeat, surrender; indicate submission, such as when wrestling.
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(intransitive, slang) To confess; to snitch or inform on (someone).
(Mancunian) To cry.
(internet slang) Used sarcastically to indicate indifference or schadenfreude, often as a reply to a statement that the speaker considers exaggerated or baseless.
(countable, uncountable) A loud cry or uproar.
I don't cry uncle but i do laugh auntie
“Well , that is truly an interesting wartime strategy. ”Cry uncle & we’ll stop this insane whimsy war you forced us into by letting us rip up the treaties we negotiated with you to ensure peace…””
“In hockey you cry uncle, when you wanna whack a guy in the mob you say 86 em, when you hide your name in the Epstein files you say "cat got your tongue?", when you're trying to warm up in the winter you use "going up in flames"...”
To plead guilty and ask for mercy.