GIVE IN
Dictionary entry overview: What does give in mean?
• GIVE IN (verb)
The verb GIVE IN has 2 senses:
1. submit or yield to another's wish or opinion
2. consent reluctantly
Familiarity information: GIVE IN used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GIVE IN (verb)
Meaning:
Submit or yield to another's wish or opinion
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
give in; accede; bow; defer; submit
Context example:
The government bowed to the military pressure
Hypernyms (to "give in" is one way to...):
buckle under; give in; knuckle under; succumb; yield (consent reluctantly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s to somebody
Meaning:
Consent reluctantly
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
buckle under; knuckle under; succumb; give in; yield
Hypernyms (to "give in" is one way to...):
accept; consent; go for (give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "give in"):
accede; bow; defer; give in; submit (submit or yield to another's wish or opinion)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s to somebody
