Idiom
strike the tent
Meaning
To yield, give up, or surrender.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He decided to strike the tent and quit the project.”
“After the market crashed and his sales dropped, he finally decided to strike the tent and close his business.”
“Despite his initial resolve to fight the legal battle, the mounting costs eventually forced him to strike the tent and accept the settlement.”
Examples
simple
“He decided to strike the tent and quit the project.”
contextual
“After the market crashed and his sales dropped, he finally decided to strike the tent and close his business.”
complex
“Despite his initial resolve to fight the legal battle, the mounting costs eventually forced him to strike the tent and accept the settlement.”
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