Paul admits failure in the challenge, while Lance is let off the hook.
To walk is to admit failure in a car-crazy world.
There is also a time to admit, frankly and without shame, failure.
But maybe that would be best: just admit failure and let others clean up this mess.
"I'm a guy who could not admit failure in meeting a deadline."
He's a man who can admit failure and the need for female help.
You have already submitted a negative report and admitted failure.
Maybe the time has come to admit failure and report this back to Washington.
Maybe he would have to give up and admit failure, but this was not the time, not yet.
By the time it admitted failure, the damage was done.