Timeline for Is there any other meaning of "go nuts" except angry?
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| Mar 10, 2017 at 13:44 | comment | added | SusanW | @Shane, no, I didn't! - but that first defn would apply to a point in a discussion or argument, not in a game. It seemed you were focusing on the second defn, when you talked about scoring goals, giving up etc. | |
| Mar 10, 2017 at 1:36 | comment | added | magnetar | @TheCat yes it's a common US phrase. You could of course also say, "the other team scored" and things like that. SusanW interesting point, I didn't know that. In my experience, "concede" has the connotation that you are giving up, as well as being okay/disappointed with the outcome. I wouldn't use "concede" to describe someone who was angry about losing the game. | |
| Mar 10, 2017 at 0:57 | comment | added | Steve Jessop | @Shane: There was a time when 1-0 seemed like a near-insurmountable lead in a top-flight football game, but for various reasons goals are more plentiful these days. But anyway it's a stock elision, "their team conceded [a goal]". It doesn't in this context mean precisely any of the things you list, it means to allow something. Albeit not intentionally. | |
| Mar 9, 2017 at 21:00 | comment | added | Shane | @SusanW Did you miss the part where i wrote "One definition of concede is to admit or acknowledge something"? | |
| Mar 9, 2017 at 18:37 | comment | added | SusanW | @shane Nice try! :-) But "Concede" doesn't necessarily imply "give up" completely; in fact, in that context, it can even imply a tactical regrouping: "withdraw the challenge, concede the point and move on". | |
| Mar 9, 2017 at 16:54 | comment | added | Shane | One definition of concede is to admit or acknowledge something. The other definition means to give up. Do the brits normally give up after one goal is scored against them? | |
| Mar 9, 2017 at 15:46 | comment | added | The Cat | @magentar 'their team was scored on' is this a commonly used phrase? Sounds strange in BrEng. it sound more natural to say 'their team conceded'. | |
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| Mar 8, 2017 at 11:04 | vote | accept | Ting Choe | ||
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| Mar 8, 2017 at 10:30 | history | answered | magnetar | CC BY-SA 3.0 |