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Meanings of cave in in English

Portuguese
ruir
Spanish
caer

Break down, literally or metaphorically.

      ruir
      Portuguese
      desabamento
      Catalan
      esfondrament
      Spanish
      subsidencia

      The sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it.

            desabamento
            Usage of cave in in English
            1
            The Israeli government doesn't want to be seen to cave in immediately.
            Reuters
            2
            THE Hermit lived in a cave in the hollow of a hill.
            The Hermit and the Wild Woman, and Other Stories
            3
            That means fewer air pockets are left when mud-brick houses cave in.
            Reuters
            4
            I could stand --in the entrance to the cave in --.
            St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, January 1878, ...
            5
            I was sure walls would start to cave in at any moment.
            The Irish Times
            6
            The mentioning of a cave in the mountains made Pawnee Brown curious.
            The Boy Land Boomer; Or, Dick Arbuckle's Adventures in Oklahoma
            7
            I expect we'll only need one small demonstration and they'll cave in.
            The Reality Dysfunction
            8
            Meanwhile, Bogle had rushed across the cave in quest of a weapon.
            The Camp in the Snow; Or, Besieged by Danger
            9
            Prescott and Holmes had shown as yet no signs of cave in.
            Dick Prescott's Third Year at West Point; Or, Standing Firm for ...
            10
            His chest seemed to cave in in the grip of the water.
            The Young Lions
            11
            Or did something else happen to her in that cave in Australia?
            The darkest touch
            12
            There is, somewhere hereabouts, a cave in which smuggled goods are stored.
            The Cruise of the Jasper B.
            13
            Why should he cave in and the others of us keep up?
            The Emigrant Trail
            14
            My old injines are feelin' about fur an excuse to cave in.
            Dan Merrithew
            15
            Her cave in Switzerland is a childhood memory which I revisit regularly.
            The Guardian
            16
            And when industries become top-heavy and wasteful, they cave in or self-destruct.
            Internecine
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            Ireland
            Common
            United States of America
            Common
            United Kingdom
            Common