Worker, with pride perhaps, surrenders (5,2)
I believe the answer is:
hands in
'surrenders' is the definition.
(to hand something in is to surrender it)
'worker with pride perhaps' is the wordplay.
'worker' becomes 'hand' (hand is a kind of worker).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'pride perhaps' becomes 'sin' (pride is a kind of sin).
'hand'+'sin'='HANDS IN'
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