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The white flag is a strategy, not a defeat — sometimes letting go is the only way through.
means To give up control, resistance, or possession — whether yielding to a stronger force or releasing your grip on something by choice.
from From Old French 'surrendre,' literally 'to give back over' — 'sur-' (over) plus 'rendre' (to give, return), the same 'rendre' that gives us 'render.' So buried in the word is the act of handing something over completely, not just dropping it but delivering it into another's hands.
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