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To yield to someone or something
To collapse from being unable to withstand a force or load
To stop operating
To become open
To break up into small pieces as the result of impact
To make or cause to make the slightest movement
To bend and give way under pressure or strain
To deteriorate, decline, or slump in progress, position, or influence
To change one's opinion or stance, especially at the behest of someone
To move backward or to back away
To gradually decline in effectiveness or vigor, especially due to underuse or neglect
To decline to a lower quantity, degree or level
To stop living
To comply with a rule or law
To act in a submissive manner
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▲
Verb
▲
To yield to someone or something
surrenders
yields
submits
succumbs
capitulates
acquiesces
defers
accedes
agrees
assents
concurs
approves
gives in
backs down
caves in
gives up
admits defeat
concedes defeat
throws in the towel
raises the white flag
falls victim
shows the white flag
makes concessions
throws in the sponge
concedes
bows
relents
knuckles under
quits
budges
blinks
cedes
folds
lays down arms
falls
cries uncle
complies
bends
buckles under
resigns
buckles
waves the white flag
goes under
accepts defeat
weakens
says uncle
accepts
caves
kowtows
puts up white flag
crumbles
pulls out
bows to
tosses it in
agrees with
packs it in
gives up the struggle
rolls over
eats crow
comes to terms
goes down
backpedals
comes round
breaks
gives yourself up
retreats
throws in your hand
falls in line
surrenders to
bends the knee
hoists the white flag
relinquishes
gives ground
humbles oneself
gives away the store
eats humble pie
lets go
gives oneself over
folds up
cries quits
suffers defeat
abdicates
calls it quits
lays down
turns in
turns over
goes along with
subjugates
genuflects
subdues
vails
calls it a day
withdraws
backs out
stops
softens
eases up
wavers
eases off
puts one's tail between one's legs
collapses
truckles
honours
UK
admits
honors
US
gives in to
obeys
knuckles
complies with
respects
accommodates
bails out
chickens out
cuts out
drops
loses
bows out
desists
falls victim to
passes into enemy hands
passes into the hands of
lies down
eats dirt
falls to pieces
consents
gives way to
subscribes
compromises
sees eye to eye
changes your mind
yields to
grants
acquiesces in
submits to
chucks in
concurs with
stops trying
chucks it in
gives
shows white flag
adheres
throws up one's hands
throws up the sponge
conforms
rolls over and play dead
has no fight left
backs off
wimps out
observes
heeds
cooperates with
acts in accordance with
makes a deal
abides by
conforms to
plays ball
concedes to
accedes to
hands over
returns
gives back
hands in
offers back
more ❯
“The company resisted as far as it could, but was forced to
give way
under the joint pressure of the workers and the government.”
Verb
▲
To collapse from being unable to withstand a force or load
collapses
crumples
buckles
gives
founders
yields
crumbles
tumbles
implodes
disintegrates
goes
caves in
comes apart
falls in
goes out
falls to pieces
goes to pieces
breaks
breaks down
falls down
crashes
topples
gives in
falls
slumps
tumbles down
sags
subsides
folds
bends
sinks
falls apart
succumbs
distorts
goes down
deforms
cracks
settles
drops
flexes
warps
wilts
topples over
comes down
staves in
folds up
falls apart at the seams
breaks apart
caves
fails
staves
severs
breaks up
comes apart at the seams
capitulates
crashes in
sinks inwards
bursts
contorts
curves
bows
plunges
gravitates
descends
stretches
arches
plummets
stumbles
wavers
droops
dives
pitches
cascades
nosedives
lowers
drops down
sinks back
shrinks
shatters
gives out
flops
slides
craters
keels over
slips
trips
staggers
ducks
pratfalls
falls flat
falls over
tips over
falls headlong
tumbles over
trips over
trips up
takes a dive
goes headlong
pitches forward
goes head over heels
goes belly up
takes a header
hits the dirt
goes end over end
flattens
levels
faints
skids
comes a cropper
prostrates oneself
lowers oneself
falls end over end
falls in a heap
falls head over heels
goes for six
takes a spill
goes to rack and ruin
falls to bits
lurches
sprawls
takes a nosedive
more ❯
“Often, support beams would
give way
under the pressure of shifting rock.”
Verb
▲
To stop operating
fails
breaks
crashes
malfunctions
stops
collapses
dies
stalls
bombs
ceases
terminates
busts
vitiates
idles
spoils
compromises
damages
pauses
endamages
halts
weakens
attenuates
discontinues
degrades
interrupts
yields
acts up
breaks down
stops working
gives out
gives up
goes wrong
plays up
shuts off
bites the dust
ceases to function
ceases to work
cuts short
falls over
goes down
develops a fault
goes haywire
goes kaput
goes phut
packs up
seizes up
conks out
cuts off
cuts out
gives in
goes to pieces
gives up the ghost
goes on the blink
Verb
▲
To become open
opens
splits
clears
separates
displays
fissures
gaps
gapes
yawns
breaks up
comes apart
breaks out
Verb
▲
To break up into small pieces as the result of impact
disintegrates
breaks
shatters
fragments
fractures
crumbles
splits
busts
splinters
crumples
rives
severs
collapses
shivers
ruptures
separates
dismembers
divides
explodes
disrupts
founders
subsides
falls
fails
disperses
disunites
folds
disbands
dismantles
detaches
disconnects
disimproves
disorganizes
sinks
taints
turns
breaks up
caves in
comes apart
falls to pieces
falls apart
breaks apart
blows up
falls to bits
flies apart
blows apart
goes to pieces
goes belly-up
goes to rack and ruin
fades away
takes apart
falls apart at the seams
smashes to smithereens
turns to dust
cracks
snaps
fissures
pops
bisects
parts
bursts
comes undone
opens
gapes
breaks into two
breaks in two
smashes
rends
punctures
blows
blows out
cleaves
tears
demolishes
damages
destroys
breaches
torpedoes
perforates
crumps
penetrates
detonates
breaks open
blasts
flies into pieces
flies open
goes off
crazes
sunders
physically breaks
crushes
trashes
distorts
buckles
warps
spalls
annihilates
eradicates
totals
busts up
splits asunder
breaks into
finishes off
dynamites
bursts open
busts open
ruins
makes hash of
pulls to pieces
blows to pieces
blows away
blows sky-high
makes mincemeat of
razes to the ground
puts paid to
jimmies
breaks through
forces through
cracks open
gets through
bursts through
erupts
slits
lacerates
pierces
breaks in
busts in
kicks in
slots
lances
booms
lets go
bursts apart
bursts out
goes bang
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make or cause to make the slightest movement
budges
moves
shifts
locomotes
stirs
goes
changes position
Verb
▲
To bend and give way under pressure or strain
buckles
collapses
crumples
yields
founders
tumbles
implodes
goes
distorts
curves
warps
deforms
bends
folds
arches
contorts
twists
arcs
misshapes
malforms
bulges
wrinkles
mangles
subsides
caves in
goes out
makes curved
makes crooked
becomes bent
becomes crooked
becomes curved
becomes distorted
becomes twisted
becomes warped
makes bent
makes twisted
makes warped
becomes contorted
becomes deformed
becomes misshapen
makes contorted
makes distorted
becomes malformed
becomes mangled
bends out of shape
makes deformed
makes malformed
makes mangled
makes misshapen
develops a fold
develops a kink
develops a wrinkle
Verb
▲
To deteriorate, decline, or slump in progress, position, or influence
loses ground
deteriorates
declines
slumps
backslides
concedes
forfeits
regresses
slips
weakens
yields
falls away
falls farther behind
falls behind
Verb
▲
To change one's opinion or stance, especially at the behest of someone
budges
backtracks
backpedals
recants
retracts
reverses
changes
compromises
backs down
backs off
backs out
changes your mind
about-faces
does an about-face
does an about-turn
does a U-turn
goes back
eats your words
Verb
▲
To move backward or to back away
retreats
withdraws
retires
recedes
straggles
pulls out
falls back
backs away
gives ground
loses ground
falls behind
drops behind
pulls back
flees
recoils
draws back
backs off
beats a retreat
takes flight
beats a hasty retreat
turns tail
shrinks
disengages
bolts
skedaddles
escapes
vamooses
scrams
splits
scarpers
runs away
flies
runs off
levants
makes a quick exit
beats it
peels out
backs out
takes a powder
does a bunk
runs for it
flies the coop
clears out
moves away
bugs out
cuts out
hooks it
lights out
takes off
does a runner
decamps
legs it
makes a break for it
skips off
shows a clean pair of heels
cuts and run
does a fade
makes off
heads for the hills
makes a run for it
balks
US
retracts
baulks
UK
shrinks away
shrinks back
quails
blenches
cowers
shies away
backpedals
crawfishes
steps back
hightails it
leaves
goes away
goes back
goes
abandons
eludes
makes a getaway
moves back
folds
evades
departs
backs down
breaks
quits
takes to your heels
evacuates
runs
vacates
exits
clears off
shoves off
pushes off
makes oneself scarce
walks out
scoots
bails out
bugs off
bails
moves
gets
buzzes off
runs along
makes tracks
goes off
steps along
gets going
sets out
gets away
absents yourself
parts
takes a hike
sets off
makes an exit
takes leave
moves out
packs off
packs up
pikes out
pikes off
slings your hook
books
disappears
pushes on
starts out
ups sticks
gets out
abstracts oneself
digs out
sallies forth
absconds
retrocedes
hightails
heads off
peels off
hits the road
gets off
hits the trail
draws away
bogs off
ebbs
regresses
gets lost
slopes off
packs your bags
checks out
racks off
betakes oneself
says your goodbyes
retrogrades
flits
retrogresses
starts
repairs
removes
shoos
scats
blows
avaunts
goes out
walks off
moves off
breaks camp
says goodbye
takes a long walk on a short pier
nicks off
gets along
hops it
sods off
ons your bike
goes jump in the lake
hauls off
moves along
naffs off
steps out
goes and jump in the lake
backtracks
deserts
reverses
emigrates
vanishes
gits
sallies
migrates
backs
issues
makes a move
goes forth
departs from
withdraws from
pulls out of
absents oneself from
gets stuffed
drives back
removes oneself
gets moving
goes away from
goes from
flows back
makes a start
retires from
exits from
pops off
does a disappearing act
decamps from
disappears from
absconds from
ducks out
moves further off
takes wing
hops the stick
goes backward
gets under way
moves backward
takes oneself off from
pushes along
hops the twig
fades away
adjourns
egresses
cruises
ranges
resiles
wends
moseys
lams
distances oneself
makes like a tree and get out of here
makes like a tree and leave
skips
makes one's way
scampers
makes your escape
pulls away
clears
makes for
skips out
has it away
hotfoots it
turns away
returns
embarks
kites
forsakes
elopes
defects
abdicates
cuts
relinquishes
stirs
absents
troops
advances
proceeds
exeunts
retraces your steps
gets out of my sight
goes your way
goes and chase yourself
sets forth
goes down
does a bunk from
flees from
flies from
disengages from
moves out of
rides off
runs away from
sets out from
walks away
steps down
bolts from
escapes from
slips out
takes French leave
comes away
heads out
breaks away
goes AWOL
takes your leave of
gives the slip
flinches
slips away
does vanishing act
flakes off
goes offstage
bids farewell
moves on
blasts off
makes a break
cringes
hits the bricks
marches out
recants
winces
abstracts
squinches
about-faces
does an about-face
does a volte-face
does a U-turn
goes into reverse
does an about-turn
backs up
moves backwards
turns back
drives backwards
doubles back
shudders
dissociates
disassociates
crouches
grovels
delinks
refuses
slinks
hangs back
jerks back
jumps back
starts back
springs back
weasels out
drops out
opts out
pulls the plug
heads
makes
strikes out
more ❯
Verb
▲
To gradually decline in effectiveness or vigor, especially due to underuse or neglect
atrophies
deteriorates
degenerates
declines
decays
worsens
retrogrades
sinks
ebbs
regresses
crumbles
rots
devolves
wanes
slumps
fades
descends
disintegrates
collapses
dwindles
subsides
goes downhill
fades away
tapers off
peters out
tails off
gives in
fades out
gives up
diminishes
abates
recedes
moderates
eases
weakens
falls
lowers
tapers
relents
remits
palls
slackens
flags
withers
fails
vanishes
attenuates
evaporates
droops
dissolves
contracts
dims
evanesces
drops off
slacks off
dies out
lets up
phases down
grows faint
drains away
winds down
becomes weak
dies down
ratchets down
falls off
falls away
melts away
dies away
gets smaller
de-escalates
eases off
falls short
wastes away
draws to a close
retrogresses
gets worse
slides
slips
languishes
goes down the toilet
lapses
goes to pot
hits the skids
drops
goes to the dogs
goes down the tubes
degrades
goes to rack and ruin
backslides
corrodes
disimproves
depreciates
grows worse
perishes
becomes worse
wilts
breaks down
stagnates
goes backwards
falls apart
relapses
wastes
debilitates
goes to the pack
vitiates
decomposes
lessens
goes to pieces
takes a turn for the worse
falls to pieces
spoils
impairs
decreases
sags
wears away
emaciates
erodes
becomes debilitated
becomes dilapidated
goes bad
goes to seed
shrinks
moulders
UK
oxidizes
US
reverts
debases
molders
US
grows weak
nosedives
tarnishes
sickens
retreats
rusts
lags
dies
goes
retrocedes
skids
breaks up
loses quality
corrupts
oxidises
UK
comes apart at seams
becomes rusty
goes stale
crumbles away
becomes emaciated
shrivels up
peters
depresses
moves backward
damages
thins
disappears
suffers
dilapidates
putrefies
falls down
appears in a poor light
wears off
becomes moribund
has one foot in the grave
pejorates
goes from bad to worse
reduces
takes a nosedive
withers away
makes something worse
falls into decay
goes into decline
falls apart at the seams
falls into disrepair
reaches depths
comes apart at the seams
hits rock bottom
runs to seed
returns
recidivates
dies on vine
slips back
goes back
falls back
drifts back
sinks back
moves back
turns back
turns the clock back
loses ground
throws back
rolls back
loses headway
breaks
adulterates
alloys
loses it
more ❯
Verb
▲
To decline to a lower quantity, degree or level
sags
falls
plummets
sinks
slumps
declines
crashes
slips
decreases
nosedives
reduces
diminishes
slides
flags
dips
wanes
falls away
goes down
drops off
falls off
turns down
takes a nosedive
caves in
Verb
▲
To stop living
succumbs
dies
perishes
deceases
falls
departs
demises
expires
flatlines
croaks
parts
drops
goes
passes
ends
wilts
exits
passes away
passes on
conks out
checks out
pegs out
pops off
kicks off
kicks in
steps out
gives up the ghost
ceases to exist
goes under
gives up
goes down
meets waterloo
packs it in
Verb
▲
To comply with a rule or law
obeys
follows
observes
complies
respects
heeds
fulfils
UK
fulfills
US
keeps
minds
accepts
embraces
conforms
assents
accords
acquiesces
accedes
concurs
complies with
conforms to
adheres to
responds to
abides by
submits to
acts in accordance with
agrees to
keeps to
consents to
sticks to
acquiesces in
holds to
toes the line
goose-steps to
knuckles under
acts upon
lives by
gives in
plays it by the book
does what one is told
does one's bidding
caves in
gets into line
takes orders
comes to heel
holds fast
does as one says
does as you are told
does one's duty
gets in line
plays second fiddle
does what is expected
Verb
▲
To act in a submissive manner
truckles
kowtows
toadies
grovels
fawns
crawls
bootlicks
flatters
woos
brownnoses
cringes
fusses
panders
submits
yields
concedes
defers
stoops
cajoles
strokes
massages
oils
crouches
brown-noses
butters up
curry favors with
US
curry favours with
UK
ingratiates oneself with
apple-polishes
dances attendance on
sucks up
falls all over
sucks up to
plays up to
fawns on
bows and scrapes
licks someone's boots
panders to
curries favour
UK
curry favors
US
gives in
knuckles under
prostrates oneself
honeys up
pays court
lays it on
kisses one's feet
kisses-up
abases oneself before
falls on one's knees
kissed up to
scratchs one's back
bends the knee
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