All succumb synonyms
sucΒ·cumb
S s verb succumb
- bankrupted β Law. a person who upon his or her own petition or that of his or her creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law.
- give ground β the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- go with the flow β take a relaxed approach
- bedraggle β to make (hair, clothing, etc) limp, untidy, or dirty, as with rain or mud
- go west β a cardinal point of the compass, 90Β° to the left when facing north, corresponding to the point where the sun is seen to set. Abbreviation: W.
- fold up β a part that is folded; pleat; layer: folds of cloth.
- call it quits β to agree to end a dispute, contest, etc, agreeing that honours are even
- break down β If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
- cave in β If something such as a roof or a ceiling caves in, it collapses inwards.
- fagging β to tire or weary by labor; exhaust (often followed by out): The long climb fagged us out.
- come up short β disappoint
- decease β death
- give over β to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- give way β manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- lose out β 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.
- give up β the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- dry up β free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
- go to the wall β any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
- bemean β to make mean; demean; debase (usually used reflexively).
- bushing β an adaptor having ends of unequal diameters, often with internal screw threads, used to connect pipes of different sizes
- flag β flagstone (def 1).
- fall down β to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- flip over β turn upside down
- humoring β a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- humouring β humor.
- 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.
- buy it β to die; specif., to be killed
- depart β When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place.
- yield β to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs.
- fag β Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a male homosexual.
- die β When people, animals, and plants die, they stop living.
- belly up β If a company goes belly up, it does not have enough money to pay its debts.
- fatigue β weariness from bodily or mental exertion.
- lose β 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.
- give out β to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- get β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- blow one's mind β (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
- cave β A cave is a large hole in the side of a cliff or hill, or one that is under the ground.
- buy the farm β a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
- eat dirt β any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- go down β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- breathe one's last β When someone breathes their last, they die.
- buckle under β If you buckle under to a person or a situation, you do what they want you to do, even though you do not want to do it.
- cash in β If you say that someone cashes in on a situation, you are criticizing them for using it to gain an advantage, often in an unfair or dishonest way.
- flake out β flake out, Slang. to fall asleep; take a nap.
- fall for β to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- demise β The demise of something or someone is their end or death.