cede the field
To withdraw from a military confrontation; to yield control of a battlefield to one's opponent.
verb
To give up; yield to another.
Edward decided to cede the province.
In the late nineteenth century, the Chinese ceded Taiwan to the Japanese.
To give up; yield to another.
After figuring out the seating arrangement and ceding him the window seat, I took my own seat by the aisle.
To give way.