📖 Definitions of "Cave in"
noun
- 1
The act of something collapsing or caving in.
"We were warned away from the rickety old mine because of the danger of cave-ins."
- 2
The location where something has caved in.
"We couldn't get past the cave in blocking the tunnel."
- 3
The act of relenting.
"It was a cave in, but I let my child have a candy to shut her up."
verb
- 1
To collapse inward or downward.
"He caved-in the side of the barrel with a single well-placed kick."
- 2
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."
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