if a roof or wall caves in, it falls down or inwards
to suddenly stop opposing something, especially because people have persuaded you
Finally she spoke up, asking what the others thought had caused the cave-in.
For a long time I sat there, waiting for the world to cave in the way I thought it surely would.
I heard a huge bang and thought the whole house was going to cave in.
I've never heard of one single person winning the lottery while sitting in a cave in the Hebrides.
Nikki nodded thoughtfully, took a last look at the crate of dust-covered bottles, and crawled out of the cave in front of Rae.
She finally caved in and gave the press the interview they wanted.
There might be a cave-in, or another geyser might shoot up.
They were now on the level below the cave-in; the way was clear.
`But with the liner no longer there to support the roof, I'd expect that the whole seabed would cave in.
`You want to explain to the Director of Operations a cave-in, maybe the loss of a shift crew?
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