Antonyms for cave incave in

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1. cave inverb

   Synonyms:
   give way, rockfall, yield, break, stave in, crush, stave, relinquish, give in, assent, sellout, acquiescence, collapse, breakage, blockage, consent, give up

2. cave inverb

   The act of something collapsing or caving in.

   We were warned away from the rickety old mine because of the danger of cave-ins.

   Synonyms:
   yield, give way, relinquish, give up, stave, assent, crush, stave in, give in, break, blockage, consent, collapse, breakage, acquiescence, rockfall, sellout

3. cave innoun

   To relent; to acquiesce; to comply; to grant approval; to lose willpower.

   I finally caved in and had a slice of cake.

   Synonyms:
   give way, break, give in, stave in, assent, stave, give up, relinquish, crush, yield, sellout, consent, blockage, acquiescence, collapse, rockfall, breakage

4. cave innoun

   The act of relenting.

   It was a cave in, but I let my child have a candy to shut her up.

   Synonyms:
   consent, blockage, breakage, sellout, collapse, rockfall, acquiescence

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1. cave in, subsidenceverb

   the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it

   Synonyms:
   remittal, subsiding, settling, remission, subsidence

2. collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founderverb

   break down, literally or metaphorically

   "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"

   Synonyms:
   crack, consecrate, break away, give way, unwrap, devote, contribute, chip in, give out, split up, conk out, part, have, afford, collapse, hold, die, transgress, founder, weaken, crumple, bump, discover, snap off, turn over, go, demote, ease up, break out, separate, split, hand, gift, crack up, damp, smash, render, move over, feed, pay, get out, fracture, relegate, bring out, violate, reveal, divulge, pause, let on, open, get around, interrupt, wear out, grant, establish, break-dance, stop, check, break up, breach, develop, fall flat, give, return, apply, present, better, make, offend, go bad, impart, generate, break off, disclose, bust, erupt, give away, reach, recrudesce, tumble, break dance, go against, dampen, throw, fall in, soften, break in, let out, dedicate, ruin, fall apart, kick downstairs, burst, pass, break down, infract, fail, come apart, bankrupt, crumble, fall through, join, expose, break, crock up, discontinue, intermit, flop, leave, yield, get together, commit, sacrifice, wear, kick in, pass on

How to use cave in in a sentence?

1. Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz:

   I think it's wrong to signal that you're going to cave in the end, i think the Senate majority leader is wrong. I disagree with him.

2. Cherdchu Thungpanya:

   The good news is we had four( team members) out last night, nine are still in Tham Luang cave in #Thailand.

3. Peter Daszak:

   The new coronavirus matched a sample taken from a horseshoe bat in a cave in Yunnan in 2013, it was 96.2 % identical.

4. Gulfport Mayor Bill Hewes:

   If you make a resolution revolving around food, you’re going to cave in because it’s just too good and [ there’s ] too much to offer.

5. Alan Cooper:

   We found that the Neanderthals from Spy Cave in Belgium consumed woolly rhinoceros and European wild sheep, supplemented with wild mushrooms, those from El Sidrón Cave on the other hand showed no evidence for meat consumption... showing quite different lifestyles between the two groups.

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