Thesaurus / cave in
FEEDBACK- as inaccede
- as inacquiesce
- as inassent
- as inback down
- as inbuckle
- as incapitulate
- as incollapse
- as incomply
- as inconcede
- as incrumple
- as incry uncle
- as indescend
- as indrop
- as infall
- as ingive in
- as ingive in/give up
- as ingo down
- as inimplode
- as inindent
- as inknuckle under
- as inkowtow
- as inrelent
- as inretreat
- as insag
- as insink
- as inslump
- as insubmerse
- as insubside
- as insuccumb
- as insurrender
- as inwilt
- as inyield
- as incollapse
- as indamage
- as indescent
synonyms for cave in
synonyms for cave in
- accede
- comply
- concur
- conform
- give in
- go along
- accept
- accommodate
- adapt
- adjust
- agree
- allow
- approve
- buy
- consent
- ditto
- jibe
- okay
- pass
- reconcile
- set
- submit
- subscribe
- yield
- bow to
- come across
- come around
- cry uncle
- cut a deal
- give out
- play ball
- roll over and play dead
- say uncle
- shake on
- yes
- accede
- subscribe
- accept
- accord
- acquiesce
- adopt
- allow
- approve
- buy
- comply
- concur
- conform
- consent
- defer
- ditto
- embrace
- espouse
- grant
- okay
- permit
- recognize
- sanction
- cut a deal
- give five
- give in
- go along with
- knuckle under
- pass on
- say uncle
- shake on
- abandon
- admit
- back off
- back out
- backtrack
- balk
- cancel
- concede
- give in
- give up
- pull back
- pull out
- renege
- retreat
- surrender
- take back
- withdraw
- accede
- acquiesce
- back pedal
- beg off
- bow out
- chicken out
- cop out
- demur
- give ground
- go back on
- have no fight left
- hold back
- recant
- recoil
- resign
- submit
- wimp out
- withdraw from agreement or statement
- yield
- bow
- cede
- concede
- defer
- relent
- succumb
- surrender
- fold
- submit
- yield
- buckle under
- come across
- come to terms
- give away the store
- give out
- give up
- knuckle under
- put out
- break
- crumple
- disintegrate
- drop
- fail
- faint
- fall down
- founder
- give way
- shatter
- topple
- weaken
- bend
- deflate
- droop
- exhaust
- flag
- fold
- give
- go
- languish
- subside
- succumb
- tire
- weary
- wilt
- yield
- belly up
- conk out
- crack up
- flake out
- give in
- give out
- go to pieces
- keel over
- acquiesce
- adhere to
- give in
- give up
- obey
- observe
- quit
- satisfy
- submit
- accede
- accord
- defer
- discharge
- ditto
- fold
- fulfill
- keep
- mind
- perform
- respect
- yield
- agree to
- come around
- conform to
- consent to
- cry uncle
- don't make waves
- don't rock the boat
- fit in
- give out
- go along with
- go with the flow
- knuckle to
- knuckle under
- play ball
- play the game
- put out
- roll over and play dead
- shape up
- stay in line
- straighten up
- throw in towel
- toss it in
- yes one
- accept
- admit
- allow
- capitulate
- cede
- confess
- give up
- grant
- hand over
- quit
- relinquish
- surrender
- yield
- accord
- avow
- award
- ditto
- fold
- own
- waive
- bury the hatchet
- cry uncle
- fess up
- go along with
- go with the flow
- knuckle under
- let on
- own up
- play ball with
- say uncle
- throw in the towel
- yes one
- break down
- buckle
- crush
- scrunch
- collapse
- crease
- crimp
- crinkle
- fall
- fold
- pucker
- ruck
- rumple
- screw
- shrivel
- wad
- wrinkle
- crimple
- give way
- go to pieces
- rimple
- cascade
- collapse
- crash
- dip
- disembark
- dive
- go down
- penetrate
- plummet
- plunge
- settle
- sink
- slide
- slip
- stumble
- subside
- swoop
- trickle
- tumble
- coast
- crouch
- decline
- deplane
- detrain
- dismount
- dribble
- drop
- fall
- gravitate
- ground
- incline
- light
- pitch
- plop
- prolapse
- set
- slant
- slope
- slump
- stoop
- submerge
- toboggan
- topple
- trip
- weep
- cataract
- fall prostrate
- get down
- get off
- lose balance
- slough off
- abandon
- collapse
- decline
- dive
- dump
- fell
- give up
- go down
- knock
- lower
- plummet
- plunge
- release
- shed
- shoot
- sink
- slide
- slip
- slump
- tumble
- depress
- descend
- duck
- floor
- flop
- ground
- loosen
- pitch
- plump
- relinquish
- topple
- unload
- bring down
- keel over
- nose-dive
- collapse
- crash
- decline
- decrease
- depreciate
- diminish
- dip
- dive
- dwindle
- ease
- go down
- land
- plummet
- plunge
- settle
- sink
- slip
- slump
- stumble
- tumble
- abate
- backslide
- buckle
- cascade
- drag
- droop
- ebb
- flag
- flop
- gravitate
- lapse
- lessen
- pitch
- recede
- regress
- relapse
- slope
- spin
- subside
- topple
- totter
- trail
- trip
- wane
- be precipitated
- break down
- drop down
- fold up
- hit the dirt
- keel over
- nose-dive
- take a header
- tip over
- abandon
- back down
- capitulate
- cease
- cede
- comply
- concede
- give up
- hand over
- pull out
- quit
- relinquish
- submit
- surrender
- yield
- bail out
- bow out
- buckle under
- chicken out
- collapse
- cry uncle
- cut out
- desist
- despair
- drop
- fold
- forswear
- leave off
- resign
- stop
- waive
- abandon
- back down
- bail out
- bow out
- buckle under
- capitulate
- cease
- cede
- chicken out
- collapse
- comply
- concede
- cry uncle
- cut out
- desist
- despair
- drop
- drop like a hot potato
- fold
- forswear
- hand over
- leave off
- pull out
- quit
- relinquish
- resign
- stop
- submit
- surrender
- take the oath
- throw in the towel
- waive
- walk out on
- wash one's hands of
- yield
- collapse
- crumple
- decline
- decrease
- descend
- drop
- pitch
- plunge
- reduce
- sink
- slump
- tumble
- be beaten
- be defeated
- droop
- fold
- founder
- go under
- keel
- lessen
- make less
- sag
- set
- submerge
- submerse
- submit
- succumb
- suffer defeat
- topple
- genuflect
- pander
- bow
- court
- cower
- cringe
- fawn
- flatter
- fold
- kneel
- prostrate
- stoop
- brown-nose
- give in
- go along with
- knuckle under
- lie down and roll over
- say uncle
- toe the mark
- acquiesce
- capitulate
- come around
- comply
- ease off
- give in
- give up
- let go
- quit
- relax
- slacken
- soften
- subside
- drop
- ease
- ebb
- fall
- fold
- forbear
- melt
- moderate
- slow
- wane
- weaken
- yield
- be merciful
- change one's mind
- cool it
- cry uncle
- 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
- abandon
- back down
- back off
- backtrack
- depart
- escape
- evacuate
- fall back
- go
- go back
- hide
- leave
- pull out
- recede
- reel
- retire
- reverse
- shrink
- withdraw
- avoid
- back
- decamp
- disengage
- ebb
- elude
- evade
- fold
- quail
- quit
- recoil
- regress
- relinquish
- resign
- retrograde
- run
- sequester
- vacate
- back away
- back out
- beat it
- draw back
- give ground
- go along with
- hand over
- keep aloof
- keep apart
- lay down
- move back
- opt out
- retrocede
- seclude oneself
- start back
- turn tail
- dip
- drop off
- fall off
- languish
- sink
- slide
- slip
- slump
- wilt
- bag
- bend
- bow
- curve
- dangle
- decline
- drop
- fail
- fall
- flag
- flap
- flop
- hang
- lean
- settle
- swag
- fall away
- give way
- hang down
- capsize
- decline
- descend
- dig
- dip
- disappear
- drill
- drive
- drop
- drown
- fall
- go down
- lower
- overturn
- plummet
- plunge
- ram
- sag
- settle
- slump
- stick
- submerge
- wreck
- bore
- depress
- droop
- ebb
- engulf
- excavate
- flounder
- founder
- immerse
- overwhelm
- regress
- scuttle
- set
- shipwreck
- slope
- stab
- stoop
- subside
- swamp
- thrust
- bring down
- cast down
- force down
- go to the bottom
- let down
- put down
- tip over
- touch bottom
- collapse
- deteriorate
- droop
- drop
- fall
- fall off
- go down
- hunch
- plummet
- plunge
- sag
- slide
- slip
- slouch
- tumble
- bend
- blight
- crash
- decay
- loll
- pitch
- topple
- go downhill
- go to ruin
- keel over
- reach new low
- bore
- capsize
- couch
- decline
- depress
- descend
- dig
- dip
- disappear
- drill
- drive
- droop
- drop
- drown
- ebb
- engulf
- excavate
- fall
- flounder
- founder
- immerse
- lay
- lower
- overturn
- overwhelm
- plummet
- plunge
- ram
- regress
- run
- sag
- scuttle
- set
- settle
- shipwreck
- slope
- slump
- stab
- stick
- stoop
- submerge
- subside
- swamp
- thrust
- wreck
- bring down
- cast down
- demit
- force down
- go down
- go to the bottom
- let down
- put down
- tip over
- touch bottom
- abate
- descend
- diminish
- dwindle
- ease
- ease off
- ebb
- melt
- peter out
- recede
- slacken
- wane
- collapse
- decline
- de-escalate
- drop
- fall
- lower
- lull
- moderate
- quieten
- settle
- sink
- taper
- die away
- let up
- level off
- bow
- break down
- buckle
- capitulate
- cease
- defer
- give in
- give way
- go down
- pass away
- perish
- quit
- wilt
- yield
- accede
- cave
- collapse
- croak
- decease
- demise
- depart
- drop
- expire
- fall
- fold
- go
- knuckle
- pass
- submit
- eat crow
- fall victim to
- flake out
- give in to
- give out
- give up the ghost
- go under
- knuckle under
- meet waterloo
- pack it in
- show white flag
- take the count
- throw in the towel
- abandon
- capitulate
- cede
- commit
- concede
- give in
- hand over
- leave
- quit
- relinquish
- renounce
- submit
- succumb
- waive
- yield
- consign
- entrust
- fall
- fold
- forego
- knuckle
- buckle under
- cry uncle
- deliver up
- eat crow
- eat humble pie
- go along with
- go down
- go under
- knuckle under
- let go
- pack it in
- part with
- play dead
- put up white flag
- roll over
- throw in the towel
- toss it in
- diminish
- droop
- dwindle
- ebb
- fade
- faint
- melt
- shrivel
- succumb
- wane
- wither
- collapse
- drop
- flag
- languish
- mummify
- sink
- waste
- weaken
- become limp
- break down
- dry up
- give out
- waste away
- wizen
- bow
- buy
- capitulate
- give up
- give way
- leave
- succumb
- abandon
- abdicate
- bend
- break
- cede
- collapse
- crumple
- defer
- fold
- go
- knuckle
- relax
- relent
- relinquish
- resign
- sag
- submit
- admit defeat
- back down
- call it quits
- come to terms
- fold up
- give oneself over
- hand over
- knuckle under
- lay down arms
- let go
- part with
- suffer defeat
- throw in the towel
- bankruptcy
- catastrophe
- crash
- debacle
- destruction
- disintegration
- disruption
- failure
- cataclysm
- disorganization
- exhaustion
- faint
- flop
- prostration
- ruination
- ruining
- smash
- subsidence
- undoing
- wreck
- basket case
- cave-in
- crack-up
- smash-up
- accident
- blow
- bruise
- casualty
- catastrophe
- contamination
- corruption
- destruction
- deterioration
- devastation
- disturbance
- hardship
- harm
- illness
- impairment
- pollution
- suffering
- wound
- adulteration
- adversity
- affliction
- bane
- blemish
- breakage
- cave-in
- debasement
- depreciation
- deprivation
- detriment
- disservice
- evil
- hurt
- infliction
- knockout
- marring
- mischief
- mishap
- mutilation
- outrage
- reverse
- ruin
- ruining
- spoilage
- waste
- wreckage
- wrecking
- wrong
- plunge
- slide
- coast
- crash
- declension
- declination
- decline
- declivity
- dip
- downgrade
- droop
- drop
- drop-off
- fall
- grade
- gradient
- header
- hill
- inclination
- incline
- landslide
- precipitation
- prolapse
- sag
- settlement
- sinking
- slant
- slip
- slope
- swoop
- tailspin
- tumble
- cave-in
- coming down
- falling
- plummeting
- plunging
- sinkage
- topple
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antonyms for cave in
MOST RELEVANT
- deny
- differ
- oppose
- refuse
- reject
- decline
- disagree
- disallow
- disapprove
- disarrange
- disorder
- dispute
- dissent
- dissuade
- hinder
- prevent
- protest
- resist
- unfit
- veto
- object
- argue
- decline
- deny
- differ
- disagree
- disallow
- disapprove
- dispute
- dissent
- object
- oppose
- protest
- refuse
- reject
- repudiate
- resist
- veto
- accomplish
- achieve
- fix
- mend
- straighten
- strengthen
- succeed
- activate
- create
- energize
- grow
- increase
- inflate
- invigorate
- refresh
- rise
- withhold
- build
- disobey
- dissuade
- condemn
- deny
- disallow
- disapprove
- fail
- ignore
- neglect
- oppose
- prevent
- refuse
- withhold
- decline
- rebuff
- reject
- resist
- defend
- deny
- disallow
- disapprove
- dispute
- fight
- hold
- keep
- refuse
- reject
- repudiate
- veto
- win
- contradict
- disacknowledge
- disagree
- dissent
- ascend
- discourage
- displace
- dissuade
- dry
- excite
- fill
- go up
- grow
- halt
- increase
- lift
- neglect
- raise
- remove
- rise
- stop
- succeed
- underwhelm
- defend
- fight
- agree
- assert
- build
- hide
- hold
- increase
- keep
- retain
- rise
- stay
- straighten
- counter
- deny
- disallow
- disapprove
- oppose
- prevent
- refuse
- reject
- veto
- withhold
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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 GATESWORDS 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
- 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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