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All cave in synonyms

cave in
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verb cave in

  • approve β€” If you approve of an action, event, or suggestion, you like it or are pleased about it.
  • kneel β€” to go down or rest on the knees or a knee.
  • agree β€” If people agree with each other about something, they have the same opinion about it or say that they have the same opinion.
  • adapt β€” If you adapt to a new situation or adapt yourself to it, you change your ideas or behaviour in order to deal with it successfully.
  • forbear β€” to refrain or abstain from; desist from.
  • slow β€” moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
  • melt β€” to become liquefied by warmth or heat, as ice, snow, butter, or metal.
  • moderate β€” kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
  • defer β€” If you defer an event or action, you arrange for it to happen at a later date, rather than immediately or at the previously planned time.
  • accord β€” An accord between countries or groups of people is a formal agreement, for example to end a war.
  • adopt β€” If you adopt a new attitude, plan, or way of behaving, you begin to have it.
  • sanction β€” authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
  • recognize β€” to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
  • run β€” execution
  • avoid β€” If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
  • back β€” If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.
  • disengage β€” to release from attachment or connection; loosen; unfasten: to disengage a clutch.
  • sequester β€” to remove or withdraw into solitude or retirement; seclude.
  • decamp β€” If you decamp, you go away from somewhere secretly or suddenly.
  • retrograde β€” moving backward; having a backward motion or direction; retiring or retreating.
  • vacate β€” to give up possession or occupancy of: to vacate an apartment.
  • quail β€” a small, migratory, gallinaceous game bird, Coturnix coturnix, of the Old World.
  • swag β€” Slang. plunder; booty. money; valuables. free merchandise distributed as part of the promotion of a product, company, etc. self-confidence and personal style as shown by one's appearance and demeanor: the top ten athletes with the most swag. schwag (def 1).
  • flap β€” to swing or sway back and forth loosely, especially with noise: A loose shutter flapped outside the window.
  • lean β€” to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window.
  • bulge β€” If something such as a person's stomach bulges, it sticks out.
  • curve β€” A curve is a smooth, gradually bending line, for example part of the edge of a circle.
  • collapse β€” If a building or other structure collapses, it falls down very suddenly.
  • bag β€” A bag is a container made of thin paper or plastic, for example one that is used in shops to put things in that a customer has bought.
  • distort β€” to twist awry or out of shape; make crooked or deformed: Arthritis had distorted his fingers.
  • dangle β€” If something dangles from somewhere or if you dangle it somewhere, it hangs or swings loosely.
  • hang β€” to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
  • overwhelm β€” to overcome completely in mind or feeling: overwhelmed by remorse.
  • bore β€” If someone or something bores you, you find them dull and uninteresting.
  • couch β€” A couch is a long, comfortable seat for two or three people.
  • flounder β€” to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
  • droop β€” to sag, sink, bend, or hang down, as from weakness, exhaustion, or lack of support.
  • stab β€” to pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon: She stabbed a piece of chicken with her fork.
  • tire β€” Archaic. to dress (the head or hair), especially with a headdress.
  • lay β€” to bring about or affect by lying (often used reflexively): to lie oneself out of a difficulty; accustomed to lying his way out of difficulties.
  • give β€” to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
  • thrust β€” to push forcibly; shove; put or drive with force: He thrust his way through the crowd. She thrust a dagger into his back.
  • wilt β€” to exercise the will: To will is not enough, one must do.
  • immerse β€” to plunge into or place under a liquid; dip; sink.
  • subside β€” to sink to a low or lower level.
  • swamp β€” a tract of wet, spongy land, often having a growth of certain types of trees and other vegetation, but unfit for cultivation.
  • deflate β€” If you deflate someone or something, you take away their confidence or make them seem less important.
  • scuttle β€” Nautical. a small hatch or port in the deck, side, or bottom of a vessel. a cover for this.
  • flag β€” flagstone (def 1).
  • go β€” to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
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