give in

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

give in (third-person singular simple present gives in, present participle giving in, simple past gave in, past participle given in)

1. To collapse or fall.

   The roof gave in under the weight of the snow.

2. (idiomatic) To relent, yield, surrender or admit defeat.

   I finally gave in and let him stay up to watch TV.

   OK, I don't know the answer. I give in.

   Try not to give in to temptation.

3. (boxing, of a pugilist) To droop the head.

Translations

to collapse or fall

• Bulgarian: поддавам (bg) (poddavam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 坍塌或落下

• Czech: zhroutit se
• Finnish: antaa periksi (fi)
• French: céder (fr), s’écrouler (fr)
• German: nachgeben (de)
• Italian: cedere (it)
• Russian: прова́ливаться (ru) impf (proválivatʹsja), провали́ться (ru) impf (provalítʹsja), подла́мываться (ru) impf (podlámyvatʹsja), подломи́ться (ru) impf (podlomítʹsja)
• Spanish: ceder (es), caerse (es)
• Swedish: ge vika (sv), ge efter (sv)
• Turkish: çökmek (tr), yıkılmak (tr)

to relent or yield

• American Sign Language: OpenB@Chest-PalmBack OpenB@FromChest-PalmUp
• Azerbaijani: uymaq
• Bulgarian: отстъпвам (bg) (otstǎpvam), предавам се (predavam se)
• Catalan: cedir (ca), rendir-se (ca)
• Dutch: opgeven (nl), prijsgeven (nl), overgeven (nl)
• Esperanto: fordoni sin al
• Finnish: antaa periksi (fi), taipua (fi), myöntyä (fi)
• French: céder (fr), abandonner (fr)
• German: aufgeben (de), einlenken (de), nachgeben (de)
• Hungarian: felad (hu)
• Italian: arrendersi (it)
• Portuguese: ceder (pt)
• Russian: сдава́ться (ru) impf (sdavátʹsja), сда́ться (ru) pf (sdátʹsja), поддава́ться (ru) impf (poddavátʹsja), подда́ться (ru) pf (poddátʹsja)
• Scottish Gaelic: gèill
• Spanish: ceder (es), rendirse (es), entregarse (es), dar el brazo a torcer
• Swedish: vika sig (sv), ge med sig (sv), ge upp (sv)
• Telugu: లొంగి పోవు (te) (loṅgi pōvu)
• Thai: ยอม (th) (yɔɔm)
• Turkish: bırakmak (tr), kabullenmek (tr), pes etmek (tr)
• Yakut: бэрин (berin)

of a pugilist: to droop the head

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Translations to be checked

• German: einbrechen (de), zusammenfallen (de)

See also

• give up
• give way
• break down
• cave in