cede the field | Idiomator

Meaning: (military)Towithdrawfrom a militaryconfrontation; to yield control of abattlefieldto one's opponent.; (idiomatic,by extension)To withdraw from anyconfrontationalor potentially confrontational situation; toavoidparticipating in acompetitionorcontest.1994February 27, Sylvia Nasar, “The American Economy, Back on Top”, inNew York Times, retrieved8 August 2019:In some smokestack industries—steel, machine tools and especially cars—the choice was to raise productivity and quality a lot orcede the fieldto the competition, as American companies did in consumer electronics.2003September 10,Judy Woodruff,McClintock: "I'm in this race right to the finish line"‎[1], CNN, retrieved23 September 2019:State Senator McClintock appeared on CNN's Inside Politics on Tuesday and told me he had no intention of following Ueberroth's lead andceding the fieldto Schwarzenegger: "I'm in this race right to the finish line."2013June 24, Jean-Louis Gassée, “Microsoft and Nokia won't beget a Google-Motorola clone”, inGuardian, UK, retrieved12 August 2019:And what will happen to Windows Phone?[…]One can't imagine that Ballmer will call it a day andcede the fieldto Google and Apple.

Examples:

EN: Sonia decided to cede the field.
HI: सोनिया ने पद छोड़ने की पेशकश की
EN: seems shortsighted to cede the field.
TE: అంటే జోన్ ఇవ్వడానికి దాదాపుగా సుముఖత వ్యక్తంచేసినట్టే.
EN: You can't just cede the field.
TE: మీరు మాత్రం అద్దంకి విడిచిపెట్టడానికి వీల్లేదు.
TE: మీరు కేవలం ఈ ఫీల్డ్ ఖాళీగా వదిలి లేకపోతే తెలుసు.
EN: It would be a shame to cede the field to cookie-cutter national publications.
TE: అప్పడే అర్థమైపోయింది. . జగన్-కెసిఆర్ ఊళ్లు పంచుకోవడానికి రెడీ అయిపోతు్న్నారని.

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