if you give in to something, you can no longer control the feeling of wanting it
to give something, especially a piece of work, to someone in authority who is expecting it
to stop competing or arguing and accept that you cannot win
She came to the class with a piece of work she should have given in last week.
She had to struggle not to give in to a desire to laugh.
The champion refused to give in and went on to win the set.
The government has said all along that it will never give in to terrorist threats.
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There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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