Thesaurus / cave in
FEEDBACK- as incollapse
- as indamage
- as indescent
- as inindent
- as inkowtow
- as inassent
- as inback down
- as inrelent
- as inretreat
- as insag
- as inaccede
- as insink
- as inslump
- as insubside
- as insuccumb
- as insurrender
- as inwilt
- as inyield
- as inknuckle under
- as incry uncle
- as ingive in
- as inbuckle
- as inacquiesce
- as incapitulate
- as insubmerse
- as incollapse
- as incomply
- as inconcede
- as incrumple
- as indescend
- as indrop
- as infall
- as ingive in/give up
- as ingo down
- as inimplode
synonyms for cave in
synonyms for cave in
- blow
- devastation
- harm
- illness
- hardship
- bruise
- wound
- corruption
- disturbance
- suffering
- accident
- deterioration
- contamination
- destruction
- impairment
- catastrophe
- casualty
- pollution
- knockout
- mishap
- adulteration
- stroke
- affliction
- wrecking
- ruin
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- outrage
- waste
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- infliction
- evil
- hurt
- bane
- wrong
- disservice
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- breakage
- spoilage
- blemish
- reverse
- deprivation
- depreciation
- detriment
- wreckage
- adversity
- ruining
- marring
- mutilation
- cave-in
- slide
- plunge
- slope
- declivity
- tumble
- grade
- sag
- header
- slip
- settlement
- decline
- droop
- gradient
- swoop
- declension
- inclination
- sinking
- crash
- slant
- coast
- hill
- fall
- downgrade
- precipitation
- incline
- drop
- declination
- landslide
- dip
- falling
- topple
- plunging
- drop-off
- prolapse
- tailspin
- cave-in
- coming down
- plummeting
- sinkage
- pander
- genuflect
- fawn
- court
- flatter
- bow
- stoop
- fold
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- prostrate
- cringe
- kneel
- brownnose
- give in
- knuckle under
- go along with
- lie down and roll over
- say uncle
- toe the mark
- subscribe
- accede
- defer
- accord
- adopt
- okay
- ditto
- acquiesce
- grant
- conform
- consent
- sanction
- accept
- recognize
- espouse
- embrace
- allow
- permit
- concur
- buy
- approve
- comply
- cut a deal
- give in
- knuckle under
- give five
- go along with
- pass on
- say uncle
- shake on
- balk
- renege
- backtrack
- take back
- cancel
- concede
- back out
- admit
- withdraw
- abandon
- pull out
- back off
- surrender
- retreat
- give in
- accede
- acquiesce
- bow out
- chicken out
- cop out
- demur
- hold back
- recant
- recoil
- resign
- submit
- yield
- pull back
- give up
- back pedal
- beg off
- give ground
- go back on
- have no fight left
- wimp out
- withdraw from agreement or statement
- quit
- slacken
- acquiesce
- relax
- subside
- soften
- capitulate
- comply
- give in
- forbear
- slow
- ebb
- wane
- ease
- drop
- yield
- fold
- melt
- fall
- moderate
- weaken
- cry uncle
- come around
- ease off
- let go
- give up
- be merciful
- cool it
- die away
- ease up on
- give quarter
- give some slack
- give way
- go along with
- go easy on
- have mercy
- have pity
- lay back
- let it happen
- lighten up
- mellow out
- say uncle
- show mercy
- change one's mind
- reverse
- depart
- fall back
- backtrack
- retire
- recede
- evacuate
- leave
- abandon
- back down
- go back
- withdraw
- escape
- go
- hide
- back off
- reel
- shrink
- pull out
- relinquish
- quit
- run
- ebb
- resign
- avoid
- back
- elude
- disengage
- fold
- sequester
- decamp
- evade
- retrograde
- vacate
- recoil
- regress
- quail
- back away
- back out
- beat it
- draw back
- hand over
- opt out
- turn tail
- retrocede
- give ground
- go along with
- keep aloof
- keep apart
- lay down
- move back
- seclude oneself
- start back
- wilt
- slump
- fall off
- slide
- drop off
- sink
- slip
- dip
- languish
- decline
- swag
- flop
- flap
- bulge
- lean
- drop
- curve
- bow
- bag
- flag
- settle
- bend
- fall
- fail
- dangle
- hang
- fall away
- give way
- hang down
- acquiesce
- okay
- grant
- fold
- endorse
- assent
- accept
- cooperate
- subscribe
- admit
- concede
- let
- yield
- allow
- permit
- concur
- comply
- cry uncle
- enter into
- play ball
- be game for
- give the go-ahead
- give the green light
- go along with
- roll over and play dead
- throw in the towel
- dig
- capsize
- ram
- sag
- plummet
- disappear
- go down
- wreck
- descend
- plunge
- decline
- slump
- drown
- stick
- submerge
- fall
- overturn
- lower
- drop
- drive
- settle
- drill
- dip
- slope
- set
- founder
- overwhelm
- engulf
- bore
- ebb
- depress
- droop
- subside
- couch
- stoop
- flounder
- run
- stab
- lay
- thrust
- excavate
- immerse
- swamp
- regress
- scuttle
- bring down
- let down
- put down
- demit
- shipwreck
- cast down
- force down
- go to the bottom
- tip over
- touch bottom
- go down
- plunge
- hunch
- collapse
- tumble
- slouch
- drop
- sag
- fall off
- slide
- plummet
- droop
- slip
- fall
- deteriorate
- crash
- decay
- loll
- bend
- pitch
- blight
- topple
- keel over
- go downhill
- go to ruin
- reach new low
- slacken
- ebb
- wane
- dwindle
- ease
- recede
- melt
- descend
- abate
- diminish
- peter out
- decline
- lower
- collapse
- taper
- drop
- settle
- sink
- fall
- moderate
- quieten
- lull
- let up
- ease off
- de-escalate
- die away
- level off
- quit
- perish
- go down
- wilt
- buckle
- yield
- bow
- pass away
- defer
- cease
- capitulate
- give in
- decease
- accede
- depart
- collapse
- fall
- cave
- submit
- fold
- expire
- demise
- pass
- go
- drop
- croak
- go under
- knuckle under
- break down
- give way
- knuckle
- eat crow
- fall victim to
- flake out
- give in to
- give out
- give up the ghost
- meet waterloo
- pack it in
- show white flag
- take the count
- throw in the towel
- relinquish
- cede
- hand over
- renounce
- waive
- quit
- yield
- leave
- concede
- submit
- abandon
- commit
- succumb
- capitulate
- give in
- forego
- consign
- fold
- fall
- entrust
- cry uncle
- go down
- go under
- knuckle under
- knuckle
- eat crow
- buckle under
- deliver up
- eat humble pie
- go along with
- let go
- pack it in
- part with
- play dead
- put up white flag
- roll over
- throw in the towel
- toss it in
- droop
- ebb
- wane
- dwindle
- faint
- melt
- wither
- fade
- diminish
- shrivel
- succumb
- collapse
- drop
- mummify
- flag
- weaken
- sink
- waste
- languish
- become limp
- break down
- dry up
- give out
- waste away
- wizen
- buy
- leave
- bow
- succumb
- capitulate
- relinquish
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- collapse
- relax
- abdicate
- sag
- submit
- defer
- fold
- relent
- break
- resign
- go
- abandon
- crumple
- bend
- back down
- hand over
- knuckle under
- give up
- give way
- knuckle
- admit defeat
- call it quits
- come to terms
- fold up
- give oneself over
- lay down arms
- let go
- part with
- suffer defeat
- throw in the towel
- relinquish
- cede
- hand over
- pull out
- quit
- yield
- back down
- concede
- submit
- comply
- abandon
- cease
- surrender
- capitulate
- bail out
- bow out
- chicken out
- collapse
- cry uncle
- cut out
- desist
- despair
- drop
- fold
- forswear
- leave off
- resign
- stop
- waive
- give up
- buckle under
- conform
- accede
- concur
- comply
- give in
- submit
- okay
- reconcile
- consent
- accept
- ditto
- accommodate
- subscribe
- set
- adjust
- yield
- allow
- pass
- jibe
- buy
- approve
- agree
- adapt
- come across
- cry uncle
- cut a deal
- play ball
- yes
- go along
- bow to
- come around
- give out
- roll over and play dead
- say uncle
- shake on
- cede
- defer
- concede
- bow
- relent
- surrender
- succumb
- fold
- submit
- yield
- come across
- knuckle under
- put out
- buckle under
- come to terms
- give away the store
- give out
- give up
- slope
- set
- capsize
- founder
- overwhelm
- lay
- ram
- sag
- plummet
- engulf
- bore
- disappear
- decline
- ebb
- wreck
- subside
- drown
- couch
- stoop
- flounder
- descend
- plunge
- run
- depress
- slump
- dig
- stab
- scuttle
- submerge
- fall
- thrust
- overturn
- excavate
- droop
- lower
- immerse
- drop
- drive
- swamp
- settle
- drill
- regress
- dip
- stick
- bring down
- demit
- go down
- let down
- put down
- shipwreck
- cast down
- force down
- go to the bottom
- tip over
- touch bottom
- topple
- founder
- disintegrate
- faint
- shatter
- break
- fail
- drop
- crumple
- weaken
- exhaust
- droop
- tire
- give
- wilt
- subside
- deflate
- bend
- fold
- flag
- yield
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- weary
- succumb
- languish
- crack up
- give in
- go to pieces
- keel over
- fall down
- give way
- belly up
- conk out
- flake out
- give out
- satisfy
- quit
- obey
- acquiesce
- submit
- observe
- give in
- defer
- accord
- accede
- ditto
- perform
- mind
- yield
- keep
- fold
- fulfill
- discharge
- respect
- agree to
- cry uncle
- knuckle under
- play ball
- put out
- adhere to
- give up
- come around
- conform to
- consent to
- fit in
- give out
- go along with
- go with the flow
- knuckle to
- play the game
- roll over and play dead
- shape up
- stay in line
- straighten up
- throw in towel
- toss it in
- yes one
- don't make waves
- don't rock the boat
- relinquish
- cede
- hand over
- quit
- confess
- grant
- accept
- admit
- yield
- allow
- surrender
- capitulate
- accord
- own
- ditto
- waive
- award
- fold
- avow
- bury the hatchet
- cry uncle
- knuckle under
- let on
- fess up
- give up
- go along with
- go with the flow
- own up
- play ball with
- say uncle
- throw in the towel
- yes one
- crush
- buckle
- scrunch
- screw
- wad
- collapse
- ruck
- rumple
- pucker
- crease
- fold
- crinkle
- fall
- crimp
- wrinkle
- shrivel
- go to pieces
- rimple
- break down
- crimple
- give way
- go down
- plunge
- crash
- collapse
- tumble
- dive
- subside
- settle
- cascade
- slide
- plummet
- swoop
- slip
- penetrate
- disembark
- trickle
- dip
- stumble
- sink
- slope
- set
- pitch
- crouch
- trip
- ground
- decline
- plop
- stoop
- topple
- gravitate
- slump
- slant
- coast
- dismount
- toboggan
- submerge
- fall
- weep
- dribble
- incline
- light
- drop
- cataract
- get down
- get off
- prolapse
- detrain
- deplane
- fall prostrate
- lose balance
- slough off
- shoot
- decline
- lower
- plunge
- collapse
- dump
- tumble
- dive
- slump
- shed
- abandon
- slide
- plummet
- go down
- slip
- knock
- release
- fell
- sink
- duck
- relinquish
- loosen
- topple
- unload
- flop
- floor
- descend
- pitch
- depress
- ground
- plump
- bring down
- keel over
- give up
- nose-dive
- decline
- plunge
- crash
- collapse
- tumble
- dwindle
- ease
- slump
- stumble
- settle
- plummet
- decrease
- sink
- slip
- diminish
- go down
- dip
- dive
- depreciate
- land
- slope
- ebb
- wane
- lessen
- pitch
- trip
- droop
- buckle
- subside
- backslide
- totter
- topple
- gravitate
- trail
- drag
- abate
- spin
- relapse
- lapse
- flop
- recede
- flag
- cascade
- regress
- keel over
- be precipitated
- break down
- drop down
- fold up
- hit the dirt
- nose-dive
- take a header
- tip over
- abandon
- back down
- bail out
- bow out
- capitulate
- cease
- cede
- chicken out
- collapse
- comply
- concede
- cry uncle
- cut out
- desist
- despair
- drop
- fold
- forswear
- hand over
- leave off
- pull out
- quit
- relinquish
- resign
- stop
- submit
- surrender
- waive
- walk out on
- yield
- buckle under
- drop like a hot potato
- take the oath
- throw in the towel
- wash one's hands of
- decline
- plunge
- collapse
- tumble
- reduce
- drop
- slump
- decrease
- sink
- pitch
- crumple
- descend
- droop
- fold
- founder
- go under
- keel
- lessen
- sag
- set
- submerge
- submit
- succumb
- topple
- submerse
- be beaten
- be defeated
- make less
- suffer defeat
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antonyms for cave in
MOST RELEVANT
- kindness
- fortune
- development
- help
- good
- blessing
- benefit
- creation
- construction
- good fortune
- profit
- boon
- giving
- good luck
- virtue
- goodness
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- improvement
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- purification
- cleanliness
- favor
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- advantage
- building
- decline
- differ
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- argue
- resist
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- protest
- object
- dissent
- veto
- repudiate
- reject
- refuse
- disapprove
- disallow
- deny
- win
- reach
- succeed
- go up
- strengthen
- rise
- tighten
- draw up
- straighten
- achieve
- accomplish
- grow
- increase
- ascend
- keep
- hold
- decline
- repel
- oppose
- disagree
- denounce
- demur
- condemn
- resist
- forbid
- prevent
- obstruct
- impede
- hinder
- repudiate
- dispute
- dissent
- disallow
- protest
- disapprove
- veto
- reject
- refuse
- deny
- underwhelm
- fight
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- neglect
- lift
- succeed
- halt
- raise
- go up
- rise
- brave
- float
- grow
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- ascend
- oppose
- stay
- agree
- retain
- rise
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- fight
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- veto
- disapprove
- counter
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- prevent
- deny
- withhold
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- straighten
- hide
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- increase
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- start
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- win
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- defend
- keep
- hold
- resist
- disobey
- reject
- refuse
- deny
- persevere
- unfit
- decline
- disagree
- oppose
- differ
- object
- disorder
- prevent
- hinder
- disarrange
- disallow
- dispute
- protest
- dissent
- disapprove
- veto
- dissuade
- resist
- reject
- deny
- refuse
- underwhelm
- fill
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- halt
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- rise
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- remove
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- ascend
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- rise
- strengthen
- fix
- succeed
- create
- increase
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- withhold
- energize
- activate
- inflate
- refresh
- invigorate
- mend
- achieve
- accomplish
- straighten
- decline
- neglect
- fail
- oppose
- resist
- reject
- rebuff
- ignore
- prevent
- condemn
- withhold
- refuse
- disapprove
- disallow
- deny
- disobey
- dissuade
- disagree
- win
- fight
- defend
- keep
- hold
- dissent
- disacknowledge
- contradict
- disapprove
- disallow
- dispute
- reject
- veto
- refuse
- repudiate
- deny
- pursue
- do
- continue
- mount
- downpour
- maintain
- keep
- hold
- build
- raise
- go up
- rise
- take up
- pour
- praise
- compliment
- ascend
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- win
- reach
- advance
- scale
- progress
- strengthen
- raise
- lose
- extend
- expand
- develop
- go up
- rise
- overthrow
- overcome
- attain
- climb
- praise
- compliment
- grow
- enlarge
- ascend
- increase
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How to use cave in in a sentence
More soldiers crowded into the cave and Professor-Commander Krafft came in behind them.
SENSE OF OBLIGATIONHENRY MAXWELL DEMPSEY (AKA HARRY HARRISON)No young Cave Swallows were taken and gonads of adults were in various stages of reproductive activity.
SUMMER BIRDS FROM THE YUCATAN PENINSULAERWIN E. KLAASProfiting by this, Benjy quietly moved away round a colossal buttress of the berg, and took refuge in an ice-cave.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNESuch throats are trying, are they not?In case one catches cold; Ah, yes!
BOYS AND GIRLS BOOKSHELF; A PRACTICAL PLAN OF CHARACTER BUILDING, VOLUME I (OF 17)VARIOUSThe commander-in-chief still kept him attached to the headquarter staff, and constantly employed him on special service.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONSo far Murat had always held subordinate commands; his great ambition was to become the commander-in-chief of an independent army.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONTheir jurisdictions overlapped and the Gascon would play second fiddle to no one save to his great brother-in-law.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONBut the novel disappeared under the clothes with amazing celerity as the voice of her sister-in-law demanded admission.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSHer sister-in-law pointed out to her that old Mr. Warrender had been very attentive lately.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSHe was a new breed, that parson, a genuwine no-two-alike, come-one-in-a-box kind.
ALEC LLOYD, COWPUNCHERELEANOR GATESSYNONYM OF THE DAY
SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO CAVE IN
- acceded
- accepted
- accommodated
- adapted
- adjusted
- agreed
- allowed
- approved
- bought
- bowed to
- came across
- came around
- caved in
- complied
- concurred
- conformed
- consented
- cried uncle
- cut a deal
- dittoed
- gave in
- gave out
- jibed
- okayed
- passed
- played ball
- reconciled
- rolled over and played dead
- said uncle
- set
- shook on
- submitted
- subscribed
- went along
- yed
- yielded
- acceding
- accepting
- accommodating
- adapting
- adjusting
- agreeing
- allowing
- approving
- bowing to
- buying
- caving in
- coming across
- coming around
- complying
- concurring
- conforming
- consenting
- crying uncle
- cutting a deal
- dittoing
- giving in
- giving out
- going along
- jibing
- okaying
- passing
- playing ball
- reconciling
- rolling over and playing dead
- saying uncle
- setting
- shaking on
- submitting
- subscribing
- yeing
- yielding
- abandon
- accede
- acquiesce
- admit
- back off
- back out
- back pedal
- backtrack
- balk
- beg off
- bow out
- cancel
- cave in
- chicken out
- concede
- cop out
- demur
- give ground
- give in
- give up
- go back on
- have no fight left
- hold back
- pull back
- pull out
- recant
- recoil
- renege
- resign
- retreat
- submit
- surrender
- take back
- wimp out
- withdraw
- withdraw from agreement or statement
- yield
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