English
Pronunciation
Verb
give in (third-person singular simple present gives in, present participle giving in, simple past gave in, past participle given in)
- to collapse or fall
- The roof gave in under the weight of the snow.
- (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.
- (of a pugilist) to droop the head
Translations
to relent or yield
- American Sign Language: OpenB@Chest-PalmBack OpenB@FromChest-PalmUp
- 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: nachgeben (de), einlenken (de), aufgeben (de)
- Hungarian: felad (hu)
- Italian: arrendersi (it)
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- 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: 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)
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of a pugilist: to droop the head
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