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Discover LudwigThe phrase "about to surrender" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when indicating that someone is on the verge of giving up or capitulating in a situation.
Example: "After hours of negotiation, the opposing team was about to surrender, realizing they had no more options left."
Alternatives: "on the brink of surrender" or "ready to give up".
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Contrary to popular myth, there is no documentary evidence that his military commanders advised him the bomb was unnecessary for Japan was about to surrender.
It was manned by a salesman who knew virtually nothing about his products and who looked ill and about to surrender to an early demise.
She wasn't very satisfied with her position and last Monday her employer was about to surrender to the inevitable when the girl straightened her shoulders and said, "No!
But the Yankees are not about to surrender.
Carlo VII is about to surrender to the enemy English.
"We were not about to surrender the information environment to the enemy," said Johnson.
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Beyond tough-sounding talk about refusing to surrender, no Republican has ever defined victory in Iraq or given the slightest idea of how to achieve it.
He said Duong cried, worried that Nayeri would become violent, and talked about wanting to surrender.
She said she received a text from her law office about noon saying Mr. Leonard's family was reaching out to her, and she arranged for him to surrender about 8 p.m. at a courthouse in Montgomery.
Fortunately, the German force, which numbered about 700, offered to surrender.
But it doesn't explain how the government would go about getting people to surrender them.
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