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Verb: cave in
  1. Break down, literally or metaphorically
    "The wall caved in";
    - collapse, fall in, give, give way, break, founder
Noun: cave in
  1. The sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it
    - subsidence

Derived forms: caving in, caves in, cave ins, caved in

Type of: change, collapse

Encyclopedia: Cave in