cave-in: Meaning and Definition of

cave-in

Pronunciation: (kāv'in"), [key]
— n.
  1. a collapse, as of anything hollow: the worst cave-in in the history of mining.
  2. a place or site of such a collapse.
  3. submission to something or someone previously opposed or resisted: His cave-in to such unreasonable demands shocked us.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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