cave in

Definitions

1. 1

   To collapse inward or downward.

   • The roof caved in under the weight of the snow.
   • It was to assist in the filling-in of the tunnel on the disused Patricroft-Clifton Junction line, which was the scene of a disaster in 1953 when part, below some houses in Swinton, caved in.
2. 2

   To cause to collapse inward or downward.

   • He caved in the side of the barrel with a single well-placed kick.
3. 3

   To relent

   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.
   • 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.
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   1. 4

      Misspelling of cave-in.

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