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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Cry Cave

To). To ask mercy; to throw up the sponge; to confess oneself beaten. (Latin, caveo.) (See Cave In)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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