Give in

Synonyms for "give in" (77 found)

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Closest matches (16)

Verb(6 words)
accedebowbuckle undercapitulatedcapitulatescaved
back downbow tobreak off combatcave in

Strong matches (23)

cease resistancecirculatecome acrosscome across withconsentdeliverdeliver overdistributefallfork overforwardgivegive groundgive outgive overgive upgive way
Noun(3 words)
concedeconcessioncorn yield focused
Verb(3 words)
defergive way under pressuregiving way

Related words (38)

handhand inhand it tohand outhand overlose facepasspass outpass overquit the fieldreachrenderresignsoftensurrendertransferturnturn overyieldyield the palm
Verb(11 words)
knuckle underknuckledrelentssubmitsuccumbsuccumb to fatiguesuccumbssurrenderedyieldyield to pressureyielded
Noun(7 words)
knucklespeer forcedsuccumbsurrenderyieldyieldingyielding to temptation

Related word relations

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More general

11 entries

More specific

7 entries
acquiescecapitulatecapitulationcave inrelentsuccumbunconditional surrender

Collocations

11 entries
easily give ingive in to demandsgive in to pressuregive in to temptationgive in under pressurelast-minute give-innegotiated give-inpolitical give-insoft give-instrategic give-inunilateral give-in

Inflections

5 entries
gave ingive-insgiven ingives ingiving in

Sample sentences

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The roof gave in under the weight of the snow.

Source: wiktionary

I finally gave in and let him stay up to watch TV.

Source: wiktionary

OK, I don't know the answer. I give in.

Source: wiktionary

Try not to give in to temptation.

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