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uncle: [noun] the brother of one's father or mother. the husband of one's aunt or uncle.
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Cry-uncle definition: (US, idiomatic) To beg for mercy ; to give up; to ask to stop (something painful or unbearable).
Say (cry) uncle definition: . See examples of SAY (CRY) UNCLE used in a sentence.
cry ( or say or yell) uncle. surrender or admit defeat. North American informal. 1989 Guy Vanderhaeghe Homesick Beat him six ways to Sunday and he still would never cry uncle or allow that there was an outside chance of his ever being wrong. See also: cry, uncle.
What does the idiom Cry uncle mean? The meaning, explanation, and origin of idiom Cry uncle. Search for: Home; Proverbs; Idioms; Quotes; About; Home • C • Cry uncle.
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. The Oxford English Dictionary ’s first example is from 1918, but I’ve found an instance in an advertisement in the Modesto News of ...
