VERB
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break down, literally or metaphorically
The wall collapsed
The business collapsed
The wall gave in
The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice
The dam broke
The roof collapsed
NOUN
- the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it
How To Use cave in In A Sentence
- What prompted the government to cave in before was the total paralysis of the country. Times, Sunday Times
- The roof of the old house will cave in any time.
- Will Grijalva cave in and go with Postil?
- Forceful yet charming; a voice that sent memories fluttering through me like a swarm of batwings from the cave in my stomach. Ramona: That's What I Want!
- Two earth walls divide the cave into different classrooms.
- White and a pale sort of foamy green swirled together on the walls, and the doors were dark blue, ominous and foreboding pits that threatened to cave in before bad news.
- I noticed a path leading to a cave in the cliffside.
- Newport looked poised to run away with it, but Bridgend refused to cave in.
- The weight of the snow caused the roof of the cabin to cave in.
- Dr. Raphael Valko and his wife Seraphina Valko orchestrated a campaign to excavate the body of a fallen angel from a cave in the Rhodope Mountains in 1943. Living With Music: A Playlist by Danielle Trussoni - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com
