cede the field (English, verb)
expansion: cede the field (third-person singular simple present cedes the field, present participle ceding the field, simple past and past participle ceded the field)
Senses:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: To withdraw from a military confrontation; to yield control of a battlefield to one's opponent.
glosses: To withdraw from any confrontational or potentially confrontational situation; to avoid participating in a competition or contest.
tags: broadly
idiomatic
Forms:
form: cedes the field
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: ceding the field
tags: participle
present
form: ceded the field
tags: participle
past
form: ceded the field
tags: past
form: yield the field
tags: alternative