cave in
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Verb
cave in (third-person singular simple present caves in, present participle caving in, simple past and past participle caved in)
- To collapse inward or downward.
- (figurative) To relent; to grant approval against one's initial will.
- Synonyms: cave, assent, give in, give up, relinquish, yield, comply, acquiesce
- After he asked me a few times, I finally caved in and had a slice of cake.
- 2022 December 14, Christian Wolmar, “Productivity should play no part in pay negotiations”, in RAIL, number 972, page 46:
- Eventually the NUR overplayed its hands with an all-out strike. And when Peter Parker, the then-chairman of BR, who was well regarded among his staff, called their bluff by threatening to close down the entire network, they caved in.
Translations
to collapse inward or downward
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to relent, comply, lose willpower, etc.
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Noun
- Misspelling of cave-in.
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