All cave in synonyms
cave in
C c verb cave in
- lapse β an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard: a lapse of justice.
- recede β to go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdraw.
- regress β to move backward; go back.
- okay β to put one's endorsement on or indicate one's approval of (a request, piece of copy, bank check, etc.); authorize; initial: Would you OK my application?
- grant β to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act: to grant a charter.
- fold β to confine (sheep or other domestic animals) in a fold.
- assent β If someone gives their assent to something that has been suggested, they formally agree to it.
- accept β If you accept something that you have been offered, you say yes to it or agree to take it.
- cooperate β If you cooperate with someone, you work with them or help them for a particular purpose. You can also say that two people cooperate.
- subscribe β to pledge, as by signing an agreement, to give or pay (a sum of money) as a contribution, gift, or investment: He subscribed $6,000 for the new church.
- admit β If you admit that something bad, unpleasant, or embarrassing is true, you agree, often unwillingly, that it is true.
- concede β If you concede something, you admit, often unwillingly, that it is true or correct.
- let β Archaic. to hinder, prevent, or obstruct.
- 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.
- pink β a vessel with a pink stern.
- allow β If someone is allowed to do something, it is all right for them to do it and they will not get into trouble.
- cut β If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
- permit β to allow to do something: Permit me to explain.
- dent β If you dent the surface of something, you make a hollow area in it by hitting or pressing it.
- concur β If one person concurs with another person, the two people agree. You can also say that two people concur.
- serrate β Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw: a serrate leaf.
- comply β If someone or something complies with an order or set of rules, they are in accordance with what is required or expected.
- mark β Marcus Alonzo ("Mark") 1837β1904, U.S. merchant and politician: senator 1897β1904.
- hollow β having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty: a hollow sphere.
- nick β Old Nick.
- score β the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- bash β A bash is a party or celebration, especially a large one held by an official organization or attended by famous people.
- dint β force; power: By dint of hard work she became head of the company.
- jag β a period of unrestrained indulgence in an activity; spree; binge: a crying jag; a talking jag.
- notch β an angular or V -shaped cut, indentation, or slit in an object, surface, or edge.
- pit β the stone of a fruit, as of a cherry, peach, or plum.
- rut β the periodically recurring sexual excitement of the deer, goat, sheep, etc.
- submit β to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- scallop β any of the bivalve mollusks of the genus Argopecten (Pecten) and related genera that swim by rapidly clapping the fluted shell valves together.
- reconcile β to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired: He was reconciled to his fate.
- rabbet β a deep notch formed in or near one edge of a board, framing timber, etc., so that something else can be fitted into it or so that a door or the like can be closed against it.
- consent β If you give your consent to something, you give someone permission to do it.
- ditto β the aforesaid; the above; the same (used in accounts, lists, etc., to avoid repetition). Symbol: β³. Abbreviation: do. Compare ditto mark.
- accommodate β If a building or space can accommodate someone or something, it has enough room for them.
- fawn β a young deer, especially an unweaned one.
- set β to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- court β A court is a place where legal matters are decided by a judge and jury or by a magistrate.
- adjust β When you adjust to a new situation, you get used to it by changing your behaviour or your ideas.
- flatter β to make flat.
- pass β to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- cower β If you cower, you bend forward and downwards because you are very frightened.
- jibe β to utter mocking or scoffing words; jeer.
- prostrate β to cast (oneself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration.
- buy β If you buy something, you obtain it by paying money for it.
- cringe β If you cringe at something, you feel embarrassed or disgusted, and perhaps show this feeling in your expression or by making a slight movement.