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plural cave ins
The act of something collapsing or caving in. examples
The location where something has caved in. examples
(idiomatic) The act of relenting. examples
third-person singular simple present caves in, present participle caving in, simple past and past participle caved in
To collapse inward or downward. examples
(figurative) To relent; to grant approval against one's initial will. quotations examples
Eventually the NUR overplayed its hands with an all-out strike. And when Peter Parker, the then-chairman of BR, who was well regarded among his staff, called their bluff by threatening to close down the entire network, they caved in.
2022 December 14, Christian Wolmar, “Productivity should play no part in pay negotiations”, in RAIL, number 972, page 46