Phrasal Verbs
(of a roof, wall, etc.) to fall down and toward the center The ceiling suddenly caved in on top of them. related noun cave-in
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to finally do what someone wants after you have been strongly opposing them The President is unlikely to cave in to demands for a public investigation. see caving