| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To fall in: cave in, collapse, crumple, give, go. Idioms: give way. See EXPLOSION. 2. To give in from or as if from a gradual loss of strength: bow1, capitulate, submit, succumb, surrender, yield. Informal : fold. See RESIST. | | PHRASAL VERB: | buckle down To devote (oneself or one's efforts): address, apply, bend, concentrate, dedicate, devote, direct, focus, give, turn. See COLLECT, WORK.
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