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Verb: cave in
  1. Break down, literally or metaphorically
    "The wall caved in";
    - collapse, fall in, give, give way, break, founder
     
  2. Give up a position or yield under pressure
    "By popular demand we finally caved in and recorded the song";
    - cave
Noun: cave in
  1. The sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it
    "The old mine shaft experienced a cave in, trapping the workers";
    - subsidence

Derived forms: cave ins, caves in, caving in, caved in

Type of: change, collapse

Encyclopedia: Cave in