say uncle
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"As I passed someone," Evans told the BBC, "I heard someone say: 'Uncle Tom'" - a slur used to disparage a black person considered servile towards white people.
From BBC
Making one of them say uncle and going public about it demonstrates that proposition.
From Slate
“That’s not a refutation of what she said, or a thoughtful appeal to the fact that this is something she should consider was too hurtful. This is essentially using brute force to make the other side say ‘uncle.’”
From New York Times
The West's implicit game plan is one of mutual attrition — bleeding Ukraine as a way to bleed Russia — with the apparent expectation that the Kremlin will eventually say uncle.
From Salon
But it also raises an important question: When is the team brass going to say “Uncle” on Cody Bellinger?
From Los Angeles Times
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