verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
succumb to sb’s/sth’s charms (= allow yourself to be influenced by their charms )
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Thomas seemed to be succumbing to Sylvie's charms.
succumb/yield to temptation formal (= give in to temptation )
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Lorna succumbed to temptation and ordered the apple pie.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
finally
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But now observers are asking: has the Material Girl finally succumbed to the cosmetic surgeon's knife?
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Yet they could not shake off the idea of an adoption, and finally succumbed .
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When she does finally succumb to Howard's advances, her identity crumbles into its component parts.
■ NOUN
pressure
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Reacting to Maj. Botha's statement anti-apartheid groups said they believed that he had succumbed to government pressure to protect Buthelezi.
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I wondered if Peter would succumb to the pressures of an expanding family and a planned house purchase.
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On this occasion the Astropath must seem to succumb to the pressure of his work.
temptation
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If you succumb to the temptation to tell contrived jokes, ration yourself to two per day.
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The Democrats succumbed to this temptation for decades, severing their congressional campaigns from their national presidential campaign.
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When Sam succumbs to the temptation of putting on the Ring he feels Sauron looking for him.
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He succumbs to the temptation of attending church services at Lowick, where Casaubon cuts him irretrievably.
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She licked her very dry lips and refused to succumb to the temptation of another drink.
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People would succumb to temptation and revert to familiar if inefficient form.
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Had he believed her, he might have succumbed to temptation .
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Gandhi did not often succumb to that temptation .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Lewis succumbed to cancer in 1985.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Both times, however, he succumbed.
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It might have been true once - and she was glad now that she had never succumbed to Hugh's importuning.
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People would succumb to temptation and revert to familiar if inefficient form.
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Reacting to Maj. Botha's statement anti-apartheid groups said they believed that he had succumbed to government pressure to protect Buthelezi.
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We can not, we will not succumb to the dark impulses that lurk in the far regions of the soul everywhere.
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Will Stansted succumb to major expansion?