All cave in antonyms

verb cave in

• withhold — to hold back; restrain or check.
• grow — to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
• increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
• create — To create something means to cause it to happen or exist.
• succeed — to happen or terminate according to desire; turn out successfully; have the desired result: Our efforts succeeded.
• fix — to repair; mend.
• strengthen — to make stronger; give strength to.
• rise — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
• build — If you build something, you make it by joining things together.
• disobey — Fail to obey (rules, a command, or someone in authority).
• ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
• rebuff — a blunt or abrupt rejection, as of a person making advances.
• fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
• neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
• contradict — If you contradict someone, you say that what they have just said is wrong, or suggest that it is wrong by saying something different.
• ascend — If you ascend a hill or staircase, you go up it.
• pour — to send (a liquid, fluid, or anything in loose particles) flowing or falling, as from one container to another, or into, over, or on something: to pour a glass of milk; to pour water on a plant.
• go up — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• leave — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
• level — having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
• mount — to go up; climb; ascend: to mount stairs.
• compliment — A compliment is a polite remark that you say to someone to show that you like their appearance, appreciate their qualities, or approve of what they have done.
• praise — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
• take up — the act of taking.
• raise — to move to a higher position; lift up; elevate: to raise one's hand; sleepy birds raising their heads and looking about.
• maintain — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
• downpour — a heavy, drenching rain.
• continue — If someone or something continues to do something, they keep doing it and do not stop.
• do — Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
• pursue — to strive to gain; seek to attain or accomplish (an end, object, purpose, etc.).
• climb — If you climb something such as a tree, mountain, or ladder, or climb up it, you move towards the top of it. If you climb down it, you move towards the bottom of it.
• attain — If you attain something, you gain it or achieve it, often after a lot of effort.
• overcome — to get the better of in a struggle or conflict; conquer; defeat: to overcome the enemy.
• overthrow — to depose, as from a position of power; overcome, defeat, or vanquish: to overthrow a tyrant.
• develop — When something develops, it grows or changes over a period of time and usually becomes more advanced, complete, or severe.
• lose — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
• progress — a movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage: the progress of a student toward a degree.
• scale — a succession or progression of steps or degrees; graduated series: the scale of taxation; the social scale.
• reach — to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
• withstand — to stand or hold out against; resist or oppose, especially successfully: to withstand rust; to withstand the invaders; to withstand temptation.
• hold out — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• stand up to — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
• gain — to make a gain or gains in.
• flush — a hand or set of cards all of one suit. Compare royal flush, straight flush.
• worry — to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
• free — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
• remain — to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified: to remain at peace.
• meet — greatest lower bound
• come — When a person or thing comes to a particular place, especially to a place where you are, they move there.
• stay — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.