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cave in

1. phrasal verb
If something such as a roof or a ceiling caves in, it collapses inwards.
Part of the roof has caved in. [VERB PARTICLE]
The wall caved in to reveal a blocked-up Victorian fireplace. [VERB PARTICLE]
I had a nervous breakdown, everything just seemed to cave in on top of me. [VERB PARTICLE]
2.  See also cave-in
3. phrasal verb
If you cave in, you suddenly stop arguing or resisting, especially when people put pressure on you to stop.
After a ruinous strike, the union caved in. [VERB PARTICLE]
The Prime Minister has caved in to backbench pressure. [VERB PARTICLE + to]
He's caved in on capital punishment. [VERB PARTICLE + on]
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cave-in

Word forms: plural cave-ins
countable noun
A cave-in is the sudden collapse of the roof of a cave or mine.

cave in in British English

verb (intr, adverb)
1. 
to collapse; subside
2.  informal
to yield completely, esp under pressure
noun cave-in
3. 
the sudden collapse of a roof, piece of ground, etc, into a hollow beneath it; subsidence
4. 
the site of such a collapse, as at a mine or tunnel
5.  informal
an instance of yielding completely, esp under pressure

cave-in in British English

(ˈkeɪvɪn) or caving-in (ˈkeɪvɪŋˌɪn)
noun
1. 
a collapse
2. 
a submission to pressure; admission to defeat
This is not a cave-in, it is a compromise.

cave in in American English

1. 
to fall or sink in or down; collapse
2. 
to make collapse
3.  Informal
to give way; give in; yield
See full dictionary entry for cave

cave-in in American English

(ˈkeɪvˌɪn)
noun
1. 
an act or instance of caving in
2. 
a place where the ground, a mine, etc. has caved in

Examples of 'cave in' in a sentence
cave in

For a long time I sat there, waiting for the world to cave in the way I thought it surely would.
Stuart Harrison BETTER THAN THIS (2002)
`But with the liner no longer there to support the roof, I'd expect that the whole seabed would cave in.
Terman, Douglas CORMORANT
Finally she spoke up, asking what the others thought had caused the cave-in.
Keene, Carolyn THE WITCH TREE SYMBOL (1994)
They were now on the level below the cave-in; the way was clear.
Lustbader, Eric FLOATING CITY (1994)

In other languages
cave in

British English: cave-in NOUN
A cave-in is the sudden collapse of the roof of a cave or mine.
  • American English: cave-in
  • Brazilian Portuguese: desmoronamento
  • Chinese: 坍塌
  • European Spanish: derrumbe
  • French: effondrement
  • German: Einsturz
  • Italian: cedimentodel soffitto di grotta, miniera
  • Japanese: 陥没
  • Korean: 붕괴
  • European Portuguese: desmoronamento
  • Latin American Spanish: derrumbe

Chinese translation of 'cave in'

cave in

vi

  1. [roof, wall] 倒塌 (dǎotā)
  2. [person] (to demands, pressure) 屈服 (qūfú)
    to cave in to sth/sb 屈服于(於)某事/某人 (qūfú yú mǒushì/mǒurén)
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