Verb: succumb su'kúm
- Be fatally overwhelmed
"The patient succumbed to the illness after a long battle";
- yield
- Consent reluctantly
"After hours of negotiation, the stubborn CEO finally succumbed";
- yield, give in, knuckle under, buckle under
Derived forms: succumbed, succumbing, succumbs
Type of: accept, buy the farm [N. Amer, informal], cash in [informal], cash in one's chips [informal], conk [informal], consent, cop it [Brit, informal], croak [informal], decease [archaic], die, drop dead [informal], exit, expire, flatline [informal], give up the ghost [informal], go, go for, kick the bucket [informal], pass, pass away, pass on, perish, pop off [informal], pop one's clogs [informal], snuff it [informal]
Antonym: make it