It was not deftly phrased, but it was also not a call for the surrender of religion to "the progressive agenda".
Despite Mr Putin's public call for surrender, Russia sponsored a resolution adopted by the UN Security Council that called on all sides to implement the peace plan, expressing "grave concern" at the violence.
Instead of having to pound on the door — risking officers' safety — they were able to park on the lawn and call for surrender on loudspeakers.
By day four of my experiment, my liver was calling for surrender like Cornwallis at Yorktown, my unwashed body emitted a stench so revolting that my roommate refused to sleep in our apartment, and I was covered in piss because chamberpots have a surprisingly steep learning curve.
He can, and should, ask for a cease-fire agreement, but it cannot be a one-sided call for Kurdish surrender.
They war upon my fortress, and their guns Are shattering its walls; My army plays the cowards' part, and runs, Pierced by a thousand balls; They call for my surrender.
On August 14 Suzuki's cabinet decided to accept the Allies' call for unconditional surrender.
Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns pushed for the constitutional agreement, which was announced in Washington; he also persuaded Bosnian Serb leaders to publicly call for the surrender of indicted war criminals Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic.
Merkel used her speech in Brussels to call for the surrender of national powers over tax-and-spend policies to Brussels by the 17 countries in the eurozone within three years, in order to rescue and shore up the embattled single currency.
To be frank, I do not think the emergency has arisen to call for the surrender of this Army, but as the restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desired to know whether your proposals would lead to that and I cannot therefore meet you with a view to surrender the Army of N. Va.
