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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ˈcave-ˌin, n. [countable]- a collapse, as of anything hollow:A cave-in trapped the miners in the tunnel.
- an act of yielding to the demands, etc., of another:A cave-in to her demands brings more demands.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cave-in (kāv′in′),USA pronunciation n. - a collapse, as of anything hollow:the worst cave-in in the history of mining.
- a place or site of such a collapse.
- submission to something or someone previously opposed or resisted:His cave-in to such unreasonable demands shocked us.
- noun, nominal use of verb, verbal phrase cave in 1700–10
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