Give in
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Definition
To surrender or stop resisting
Example sentence
After hours of pressure, she finally gave in.
Real video usage
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Common collocations
Natural word pairings to memorize.
give in to pressure
give in to temptation
give in to demands
give in to fear
give in after hours of arguing
refuse to give in
Separable usage
Can the object split the verb? Compare correct vs incorrect.
The company finally gave in to the workers' demands. ✅ (Correct)
The company finally gave the workers' demands in to. ❌ (Incorrect)