"cry uncle" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "See etymology at say uncle.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cries uncle",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crying uncle",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cried uncle",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cried uncle",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "cry uncle (third-person singular simple present cries uncle, present participle crying uncle, simple past and past participle cried uncle)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1976, Geoffrey Wolff, Black Sun, New York Review of Books, published 2003, page 158:",
          "text": "The Powels would serve strong punch and play loud music, and their parties ended when the last guest cried uncle, often a day and half after they began.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To beg for mercy; to give up, admit defeat."
      ],
      "id": "en-cry_uncle-en-verb-2ZmX-t1t",
      "links": [
        [
          "beg",
          "beg"
        ],
        [
          "mercy",
          "mercy"
        ],
        [
          "give up",
          "give up"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, colloquial) To beg for mercy; to give up, admit defeat."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "say uncle"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "word": "cry uncle"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "See etymology at say uncle.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cries uncle",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crying uncle",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cried uncle",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cried uncle",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "cry uncle (third-person singular simple present cries uncle, present participle crying uncle, simple past and past participle cried uncle)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "American English",
        "English colloquialisms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English predicates",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1976, Geoffrey Wolff, Black Sun, New York Review of Books, published 2003, page 158:",
          "text": "The Powels would serve strong punch and play loud music, and their parties ended when the last guest cried uncle, often a day and half after they began.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To beg for mercy; to give up, admit defeat."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beg",
          "beg"
        ],
        [
          "mercy",
          "mercy"
        ],
        [
          "give up",
          "give up"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, colloquial) To beg for mercy; to give up, admit defeat."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "say uncle"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cry uncle"
}