verb
1. yield to another's wish or opinion (Freq. 5)
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The government bowed to the military pressure
• Derivationally related forms: ↑deferent (for: ↑defer), ↑deference (for: ↑defer), ↑submissive (for: ↑submit), ↑submission (for: ↑submit), ↑submitter (for: ↑submit)
• Hypernyms: ↑yield, ↑succumb, ↑knuckle under, ↑buckle under
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s to somebody
2. consent reluctantly (Freq. 1)
• Syn: ↑yield, ↑succumb, ↑knuckle under, ↑buckle under
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s
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Somebody ——s to somebody
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he reluctantly gave in to the pressure
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give in [phrasal verb]
1 : to stop trying to fight or resist something : to agree to do or accept something that you have been resisting or opposing
The strike has been going on for weeks, and neither side seems willing to give in.
— often + to
He refused to give in to their demands. [=he refused to do what they demanded that he do]
2 give (something) in or give in (something) Brit : to give (something) to a person who has authority to review or accept it
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Main Entry: ↑give
Useful english dictionary. 2012.