bend to sth
— phrasal verb with bend uk/bend/us/bend/verb bent, bent
to unwillingly accept the opinions or decisions of other people:
The city council was forced to bend to public pressure.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Accepting & agreeing reluctantly
- acquiesce
- acquiescent
- capitulate
- cave in
- come to heel idiom
- compromise
- condescend
- defer
- meet
- meet sb halfway idiom
- not take sth lying down idiom
- philosophical
- relent
- resign
- resort
- sell
- surrender
- swallow
- trade
- trade sth off
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