caving in
Buckling under pressure
Caving in is yielding under pressure, whether physical or figurative.
A roof caves in when it collapses from weight or decay.
A person caves in when they surrender after resistance: After weeks of negotiations, management finally caved in to union demands.
The phrase suggests structural failure—something that was holding firm suddenly gives way.
- giving waySurrendering right of passage
- implosionViolent collapse inward
- fallingMoving downward freely
- inwardsToward the interior
- collapseSudden structural failure
structural collapse · subsidence · concession · peer pressure · under pressure · sinkhole · buckling · surrender · submission · acquiescence · succumbing · capitulation · structural failure · crumbling · falling apart · yielding · throwing in the towel · sinking
- conformityconformity, conforming, conform, conformist, conformism
- surrendersurrender, surrenders, surrendering, I surrender, capitulate
- submissionsubmission hold, submitting, surrendering, capitulation, yielding
- complianceaudit, obeying, policy, compliance officer, regulation
- cowardicecoward, cowardly, craven, gutless, spineless
- decliningdeclining, waning, fading, diminishing, decreasing
caving inholding up
Supporting or delaying
supporting · reinforcing · buttressing · bracing · shoring up
caving inholding firm
Maintaining position resolutely
standing one's ground · holding out · resisting · digging in · persevering
caving inholding out
Refusing to surrender
standing pat · playing hardball · digging in one's heels · stonewalling · pushing back
cave, excavate, caves, concave, excavation, caved, excavator, caving, excavating