| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | A hollow beneath the earth's surface: cavern, grotto. See CONVEX. | | PHRASAL VERB: | cave in To fall in: buckle, collapse, crumple, give, go. Idioms: give way. See EXPLOSION. cave in To suddenly lose all health or strength: break (down), collapse, crack, drop, give out, succumb. Informal : crack up. Slang : conk out. Idioms: give way. See HEALTH.
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