cave in
About 0.85 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb To collapse inward or downward.
The roof caved in under the weight of the snow.
- verb To cause to collapse inward or downward.
He caved in the side of the barrel with a single well-placed kick.
- verb To relent; to grant approval against one's initial will.
After he asked me a few times, I finally caved in and had a slice of cake.
- noun Misspelling of cave-in.
Similar words
break collapse fall in subsidence founder give way give cave drop in give in
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