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Meanings of cave in in inglês

português
ruir
espanhol
caer

Break down, literally or metaphorically.

ruir
português
desabamento
catalão
esfondrament
espanhol
subsidencia

The sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it.

desabamento
Usage of cave in in inglês
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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Translations for cave in
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Cave in across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common