I fold
Quit this hand
I fold is a poker phrase announcing that you're dropping out of the current hand, surrendering any claim to the pot rather than matching a bet.
The expression extends to any situation where you concede or give up: After three hours of negotiation, I fold—you win.
It signals voluntary withdrawal, often when the cost of continuing seems too high.
- creaseLine from folding
- bendCurve or flex
- origamiSculptural paper-creasing art
- paper airplaneFolded sheet for throwing
- paperPressed pulp for writing
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- giving upgive up, giving up, quit, quitting, surrender
- surrendersurrender, surrenders, surrendering, I surrender, capitulate
- Resignationresign, resigned, I give up, I surrender, I concede
- yieldingI yield, surrender, I surrender, capitulation, I give up