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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)Category:English lemmas#GIVEIN Category:English verbs#GIVEIN Category:English phrasal verbs#GIVEIN Category:English phrasal verbs formed with %22in%22#GIVEIN Category:English multiword terms#GIVEIN Category:English entries with incorrect language header#GIVEIN Category:Pages with entries#GIVE%20IN Category:Pages with 1 entry#GIVE%20IN

To collapse or fall.
Synonyms: cave inCategory:English links with manual fragments#GIVE%20IN, give wayCategory:English links with manual fragments#GIVE%20IN

Coordinate term: break downCategory:English links with manual fragments#GIVE%20IN

The roof gave in under the weight of the snow.Category:English terms with usage examples#GIVEIN
(idiomatic Category:English idioms#GIVEIN) To relent, yield, surrender or admit defeat.
Synonyms: give upCategory:English links with manual fragments#GIVE%20IN, abandon (oneself)

Coordinate term: break downCategory:English links with manual fragments#GIVE%20IN

I finally gave in and let him stay up to watch TV.Category:English terms with usage examples#GIVEIN

OK, I don't know the answer. I give in.Category:English terms with usage examples#GIVEIN

Try not to give in to temptation.Category:English terms with usage examples#GIVEIN
- 2020 September 26, Caren Osten Gerszberg, “You Can Get Focused (Hint: Put Down That Phone)”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 1 November 2020:
  When your focus wanes and you feel the urge to online shop or grab a game of 2048, there are tech tools to prevent your giving in.
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(boxing Category:en:Boxing#GIVEIN, of a pugilist) To droop the head.

Translations

to collapse or fall

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Bulgarian: поддавам (bg) (poddavam)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#GIVEIN
Catalan: cedir (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#GIVEIN
Chinese:
Mandarin: 坍塌或落下Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#GIVEIN
Czech: zhroutit seCategory:Terms with Czech translations#GIVEIN
Finnish: antaa periksi (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#GIVEIN
French: céder (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#GIVEIN, s'écrouler (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#GIVEIN
German: nachgeben (de)Category:Terms with German translations#GIVEIN
Italian: cedere (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#GIVEIN
Portuguese: ceder (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#GIVEIN
Russian: прова́ливаться (ru) impf (proválivatʹsja)Category:Terms with Russian translations#GIVEIN, провали́ться (ru) impf (provalítʹsja)Category:Terms with Russian translations#GIVEIN, подла́мываться (ru) impf (podlámyvatʹsja)Category:Terms with Russian translations#GIVEIN, подломи́ться (ru) impf (podlomítʹsja)Category:Terms with Russian translations#GIVEIN
Spanish: ceder (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#GIVEIN, caerse (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#GIVEIN
Swedish: ge vika (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#GIVEIN, ge efter (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#GIVEIN
Turkish: çökmek (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#GIVEIN, yıkılmak (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#GIVEIN

to relent or yield

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of a pugilist: to droop the head

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Translations to be checked

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German: einbrechen (de)Category:Terms with German translations#GIVEIN, zusammenfallen (de)Category:Terms with German translations#GIVEIN