Meanings
present singular third person gives in · participle present giving in · past gave in · participle past given in
- idiomaticTo relent, yield, surrender or admit defeat.
Try not to give in to temptation.
4 more examples
I finally gave in and let him stay up to watch TV.
OK, I don't know the answer. I give in.
Dahmer once again gave in to his macabre desires.
When your focus wanes and you feel the urge to online shop or grab a game of 2048, there are tech tools to prevent your giving in.
2020 September 26, Caren Osten Gerszberg, “You Can Get Focused (Hint: Put Down That Phone)”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 01 Nov 2020 - boxingTo droop the head.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic أَذْعَنَ
- أَذْعَنَ (ʔaḏʕana)to relent or yield
Bulgarian поддавам, отстъпвам
- поддавам (poddavam)to collapse or fall
- отстъпвам (otstăpvam)to relent or yield
- предавам се (predavam se)to relent or yield
Catalan cedir, cedir
- cedirto collapse or fall
- cedirto relent or yield
- rendir-seto relent or yield
Chinese Mandarin 坍塌或落下
- 坍塌或落下to collapse or fall
Czech zhroutit se
- zhroutit seto collapse or fall
Dutch opgeven, prijsgeven
- opgevento relent or yield
- prijsgevento relent or yield
- overgevento relent or yield
Esperanto fordoni sin al
- fordoni sin alto relent or yield
Finnish antaa periksi, antaa periksi
- antaa periksito collapse or fall
- antaa periksito relent or yield
- taipuato relent or yield
- myöntyäto relent or yield
French céder, s'écrouler
- céderto collapse or fall
- s'écroulerto collapse or fall
- céderto relent or yield
- abandonnerto relent or yield
German nachgeben, aufgeben
- nachgebento collapse or fall
- aufgebento relent or yield
- einlenkento relent or yield
- nachgebento relent or yield
Hungarian felad
- feladto relent or yield
Italian cedere, arrendersi
- cedereto collapse or fall
- arrendersito relent or yield
Polish uginać się, ugiąć się
- uginać sięto collapse or fall
- ugiąć sięto collapse or fall
- uginać sięto relent or yield
- ugiąć sięto relent or yield
- poddawać sięto relent or yield
- poddać sięto relent or yield
- opuszczać głowęof a pugilist: to droop the head
- opuścić głowęof a pugilist: to droop the head
Portuguese ceder, ceder
- cederto collapse or fall
- cederto relent or yield
Russian прова́ливаться, провали́ться
- прова́ливаться (proválivatʹsja)to collapse or fall
- провали́ться (provalítʹsja)to collapse or fall
- подла́мываться (podlámyvatʹsja)to collapse or fall
- подломи́ться (podlomítʹsja)to collapse or fall
- сдава́ться (sdavátʹsja)to relent or yield
- сда́ться (sdátʹsja)to relent or yield
- поддава́ться (poddavátʹsja)to relent or yield
- подда́ться (poddátʹsja)to relent or yield
Scottish Gaelic gèill
- gèillto relent or yield
Spanish ceder, caerse
- cederto collapse or fall
- caerseto collapse or fall
- cederto relent or yield
- rendirseto relent or yield
- entregarseto relent or yield
- dar el brazo a torcerto relent or yield
- cejarto relent or yield
- caer ento relent or yield
- ceder anteto relent or yield
- rendirse anteto relent or yield
- sucumbir anteto relent or yield
- vencerleto relent or yield
Swedish ge vika, ge efter
- ge vikato collapse or fall
- ge efterto collapse or fall
- vika sigto relent or yield
- ge med sigto relent or yield
- ge uppto relent or yield
Thai ยอม
- ยอม (yɔɔm)to relent or yield
Turkish çökmek, yıkılmak
- çökmekto collapse or fall
- yıkılmakto collapse or fall
- bırakmakto relent or yield
- kabullenmekto relent or yield
- pes etmekto relent or yield
Cite this entry
give in. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/give%20in
“give in.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/give%20in. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “give in,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/give%20in.
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