CAVE-IN


Meaning of CAVE-IN in English

/kayv"in'/ , n.

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.

[ 1700-10; n. use of v. phrase cave in ]

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