give in
Britishverb
-
(intr) to yield; admit defeat
-
(tr) to submit or deliver (a document)
-
Hand in, submit, as in She gave in her report today . [Early 1600s]
-
Relent, cease opposition, yield, as in I'll give in on this point , or You can have the car—I give in to your arguments . [Early 1600s]
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
"Consistent with the antibody drug treatments, this new CAR-astrocyte immunotherapy is more effective when given in the earlier stages of the disease," said Holtzman, who is a co-author on the paper.
From Science Daily
He said his estimates of money collected were given in "good faith" and were not intended to represent exact figures or "monies held in any single bank account".
From BBC
This account is consistent with testimony given in 2010 to a court in Florida by a former accountant at MC2 in the US - Brunel's model agency - and cited in the Epstein files.
From BBC
“You always have to give in to love,” he is forced to conclude.
No. He couldn’t give in to his imagination.
From Literature
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
