retires

We are all familiar with people whose idea of winning an argument is to just stand firm and repeat the same horseshit over and over until the other side retires from the field and walks away.

Matthew Yglesias » Goldberg: The Middle East Is Complicated and It’s All the Arabs’ Fault 2010

Teal'c - "On Chulak, when a great warrior retires from the field of battle, it is customary to sing a song of lament."

Stargate SG-1 Watchathon - 'Chain Reaction' (S04E15) 2009

If she retires from the race gracefully and then supports and helps Obama in his quest for the White House, she will be remembered for that grace.

Time to be the Exit Pol frankwu 2008

Any player taken on draft day who has a season-ending injury or retires is eligible to be exchanged for Free Agent Acquisition Budget (FAAB) dollars.

AL LABR: Know league rules, anticipate injuries 2007

Bottom line - I will send to GVG until he retires from a pro-market somewhere in the far distant future.

ccfinlay: You lost me at punished ccfinlay 2006

Lost Light gives us Bosch searching out clues to a long dormant case after he retires from the police force.

Reader reviews of Lost Light by Michael Connelly. 2003

After such an encounter, Militant Morality retires from the scene like a badly punished game-cock, with all the young cockerels of the press bursting forth into derisive crowing.

Unprintable 1969

Furthermore, once he retires from the Speakership he cannot reappear in the House either as a private member or as a member of the Government.

Mr. Speaker 1956

Cesar without a word retires to the background, and when asked by the Princess, why he does not compete with his rivals, answers "Because I will not love, nor ever wish to be loved; I only woo you, to show you my regard."

The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas Charles Annesley

Mr. President, my Lord Bishop, and Gentlemen: It is a very great happiness to me to be with you today before my friend your President retires from the full flare of his high office to the quieter and mellower and more tranquil shades of his friends upon the platform.

The Empire Club and Public Opinion 1926