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cave-in
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–noun
1.
a collapse, as of anything hollow:
the worst cave-in in the history of mining.
2.
a place or site of such a collapse.
3.
submission to something or someone previously opposed or resisted:
His cave-in to such unreasonable demands shocked us.
Origin:
1700–10;
n. use of v. phrase
cave in
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