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noun
- The act of something collapsing or caving in.
- We were warned away from the rickety old mine because of the danger of cave-ins.
- The location where something has caved in.
- We couldn't get past the blocking the tunnel.
- (idiom) The act of relenting.
- It was a , but I let my child have a candy to shut her up.
verb (caves in, caving in, caved in, caved in)
- To collapse inward or downward.
- The roof caved in under the weight of the snow.
- He caved-in the side of the barrel with a single well-placed kick.
- (idiom) To relent; to acquiesce; to comply; to grant approval; to lose willpower.
- I finally caved in and had a slice of cake.
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