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To yield to someone or something
To collapse from being unable to withstand a force or load
To act in a submissive manner
To move back or away from a place or situation
To diminish in intensity or severity, especially gradually
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 change one's opinion or stance, especially at the behest of someone
To stop living
To comply with a rule or law
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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
bows
concedes
relents
knuckles under
quits
budges
blinks
cedes
folds
lays down arms
falls
cries uncle
complies
bends
buckles under
buckles
resigns
waves the white flag
goes under
accepts defeat
weakens
says uncle
caves
agrees with
accepts
kowtows
puts up white flag
crumbles
pulls out
bows to
tosses it in
packs it in
gives up the struggle
rolls over
eats crow
comes to terms
goes down
backpedals
comes round
breaks
gives yourself up
retreats
vails
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
calls it a day
withdraws
backs out
stops
softens
eases up
wavers
eases off
puts one's tail between one's legs
collapses
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
truckles
honours
UK
honors
US
respects
adjusts
fawns
admits
cringes
adapts
obeys
complies with
knuckles
accommodates
gives in to
stops trying
dies of
throws up one's hands
chucks it in
throws up the sponge
gives
adheres
shows white flag
conforms
submits to
rolls over and play dead
observes
heeds
has no fight left
backs off
wimps out
acquiesces in
cooperates with
acts in accordance with
concurs with
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 act in a submissive manner
truckles
kowtows
toadies
defers
submits
yields
fawns
concedes
crouches
panders
apple-polishes
bootlicks
brown-noses
crawls
cringes
fusses
grovels
stoops
sucks up
bends the knee
brownnoses
cajoles
flatters
gives in
kisses-up
makes up
massages
oils
prostrates oneself
smoodges
strokes
woos
bows and scrapes
curries favour
UK
curry favors
US
fawns on
panders to
abases oneself before
butters up
curry favors with
US
curry favours with
UK
dances attendance on
honeys up
ingratiates oneself with
kissed up to
knuckles under
licks someone's boots
pays court
falls all over
kisses one's feet
lays it on
plays up to
scratchs one's back
sucks up to
falls on one's knees
Verb
▲
To move back or away from a place or situation
pulls back
withdraws
disengages
flees
retires
retreats
backs off
baulks
UK
balks
US
draws back
falls back
gives ground
pulls out
recoils
retracts
shrinks
shrinks away
takes flight
turns tail
beats a retreat
beats a hasty retreat
recedes
backs away
skedaddles
runs away
bolts
moves away
runs off
escapes
loses ground
vamooses
scrams
flies
splits
beats it
takes off
scarpers
backs out
levants
skips off
decamps
runs for it
peels out
clears out
hooks it
legs it
shows a clean pair of heels
cuts and run
makes off
flies the coop
cuts out
lights out
does a runner
makes a break for it
heads for the hills
makes a quick exit
takes a powder
does a bunk
bugs out
does a fade
makes a run for it
straggles
drops behind
falls behind
slows down
lags behind
quakes
shrinks back
quails
blenches
cowers
backpedals
crawfishes
steps back
shies away
evades
departs
evacuates
runs
goes
breaks
vacates
abandons
eludes
folds
quits
leaves
hightails it
goes away
goes back
moves back
makes a getaway
backs down
takes to your heels
exits
clears off
shoves off
pushes off
makes oneself scarce
scoots
walks out
bails out
bugs off
bails
moves
makes tracks
gets
buzzes off
runs along
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
absconds
starts out
ups sticks
gets out
abstracts oneself
digs out
sallies forth
hightails
ebbs
heads off
peels off
hits the road
gets off
hits the trail
bogs off
retrocedes
gets lost
slopes off
packs your bags
draws away
checks out
racks off
betakes oneself
says your goodbyes
retrogrades
retrogresses
flits
regresses
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
backs
reverses
emigrates
vanishes
gits
sallies
migrates
issues
does a disappearing act
makes a move
moves backward
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
makes a start
retires from
exits from
pops off
decamps from
disappears from
absconds from
ducks out
takes wing
hops the stick
goes backward
gets under way
takes oneself off from
pushes along
hops the twig
pulls away
fades away
regroups
adjourns
egresses
hotfoots it
cruises
ranges
resiles
wends
moseys
lams
skips
clears
scampers
distances oneself
makes like a tree and get out of here
makes like a tree and leave
makes one's way
makes away
has it away
makes your escape
makes for
skips out
turns away
embarks
kites
forsakes
elopes
defects
abdicates
cuts
relinquishes
absents
troops
advances
proceeds
exeunts
retraces your steps
stirs
gets out of my sight
goes your way
goes and chase yourself
sets forth
returns
flinches
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
slips away
does vanishing act
flakes off
goes offstage
bids farewell
moves on
blasts off
makes a break
recants
cringes
hits the bricks
marches out
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
winces
abstracts
squinches
flows back
moves further off
goes down
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 diminish in intensity or severity, especially gradually
wanes
diminishes
declines
decreases
dwindles
ebbs
subsides
dims
fades
lessens
shrinks
sinks
abates
fails
weakens
flags
falls
slackens
withers
atrophies
contracts
droops
recedes
tapers off
attenuates
dissolves
drops
fades away
peters out
remits
slumps
tails off
vanishes
winds down
collapses
crumbles
de-escalates
degenerates
deteriorates
disintegrates
eases
evaporates
falls off
grows faint
lowers
moderates
palls
relents
tapers
becomes weak
evanesces
gives in
melts away
dies out
drains away
drops off
falls away
goes downhill
lets up
phases down
ratchets down
dies away
dies down
eases off
falls short
gets smaller
slacks off
wastes away
draws to a close
decays
worsens
retrogrades
regresses
rots
devolves
descends
fades out
gives up
plummets
crashes
slips
nosedives
reduces
slides
dips
sags
goes down
takes a nosedive
caves in
turns down
disappears
wilts
grows less
shrivels
fizzles out
languishes
plunges
wears off
wastes
dries up
depreciates
trails off
wears away
comes to an end
dies
drains
runs low
goes
settles
goes away
runs out
becomes less
grows dim
dissipates
grows smaller
trails
tumbles
dives
gives out
comes to nothing
shrivels up
quells
becomes smaller
devaluates
breaks down
fizzles
wears down
tails away
clears
stops
wizens
disperses
rebates
curbs
quiets
emaciates
checks
ends
lags
trails away
falls through
lightens
comes to a halt
restrains
softens
dies off
slows down
curtails
blows over
narrows down
calms down
loses edge
depletes
deflates
erodes
melts
falters
decrements
blurs
minimizes
US
gets less
flops
ceases
grows weaker
minimises
UK
loses strength
downturns
ages
lapses
halts
craters
runs dry
becomes emaciated
grows weak
withers away
slashes
hits the floor
clears up
tones down
withdraws
breaks up
goes into a tailspin
takes a header
runs its course
becomes lower
goes through the floor
cuts down
modifies
peters
bates
loses intensity
retires
ebbs away
gutters
weathers
dispels
miscarries
faints
founders
moulders
UK
depresses
downscales
downsizes
tempers
dents
loses its effectiveness
loses its effect
gets lower
goes downwards
perishes
bombs
narrows
loses ground
closes out
becomes marcescent
busts
drops down
becomes enfeebled
becomes debilitated
becomes shrunken
thins
molders
US
eases up
slackens off
pares down
knocks down
makes less
goes awry
ends gradually
relapses
goes amiss
lifts
dulls
totters
devalues
loses
skids
drags
backslides
cheapens
slopes
buckles
cools off
strikes out
feels faint
becomes listless
feels weak
loses energy
bows out
numbs
loses value
declines in price
hits the dirt
folds up
decreases in value
tips over
becomes shadowy
becomes confused
becomes vague
makes faint
becomes indistinct
becomes blurred
grows feeble
terminates
expires
elapses
finishes
closes
concludes
discontinues
quits
evanishes
determines
departs
passes
breaks off
passes away
winks out
leaves off
winds up
ceases to exist
dead-ends
more ❯
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
cleaves
tears
punctures
blows
blows out
sunders
demolishes
damages
destroys
breaches
torpedoes
perforates
crumps
penetrates
detonates
breaks open
blasts
rifts
pulls apart
flies into pieces
flies open
goes off
crazes
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
dissevers
blows to pieces
blows away
blows sky-high
makes mincemeat of
razes to the ground
puts paid to
rips in two
rips asunder
splits down the middle
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 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 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
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