touché
You got me
People say touché, a term originally from fencing, to acknowledge that someone else has given a very effective comment or response to a situation.
Recovery after decline
- reparteeQuick, clever conversation
- riposteSwift clever reply
- quipBrief, clever remark
- retortQuick, cutting reply
zinger · rejoinder · banter · wordplay · witticism · clapback · barb · counter
Yielding a point
- point takenAcknowledging another's reasoning
- well playedPraise for skillful execution
- admissionEntry or confession
- you winAdmission of defeat
riposte
Swift clever reply
sabre · lunge · thrust · bout · piste · fleche · counterattack · feint · bladework · disengage
comeback
Recovery after decline
retort · zinger · rejoinder · banter · wordplay · witticism · clapback · barb · counter · sally
concession
Yielding a point
- point takenAcknowledging another's reasoning
- well playedPraise for skillful execution
- admissionEntry or confession
you win · checkmate · good one · I concede · fair enough
touchésore loser
One who pouts after defeat
poor sport · doubling down · defensiveness · bad faith · obstinacy
- in touchCommunicating regularly
- don't touchProhibition against contact
- keep in touchMaintain ongoing communication
- out of touchLacking current awareness
- do not touchProhibition against contact
- lost touchCeased maintaining contact
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