Meaning
- Give in to means to stop resisting, to surrender, or to yield to something such as temptation, pressure, or a demand.
Grammar and Usage
- Part of speech: Phrasal verb
- Structure: give in to + noun / pronoun
- Transitive: requires an object.
- Used when someone allows themselves to be controlled or influenced by emotions, desires, or external pressure.
Examples of structures:
- give in to temptation
- give in to pressure
- give in to fear
Common Phrases
- give in to temptation
- give in to pressure
- give in to demands
- give in to fear
- give in to emotions
Collocations
- verb + give in to: refuse to give in to, finally give in to
- give in to + noun: temptation, pressure, demand, fear, anger, curiosity, desire
Examples
- She finally gave in to temptation and ate the chocolate cake.
- The government refused to give in to pressure from protesters.
- Don’t give in to fear—you can handle this challenge.
- He always gives in to his children’s demands, no matter how unreasonable.
- The manager wouldn’t give in to threats from the competitors.
- I try not to give in to my anger when things go wrong.
- He resisted for weeks, but eventually gave in to her request.
Synonyms or Related
- surrender to
- yield to
- submit to
- succumb to
- bow to
Antonym
- resist
- stand firm against
- fight off
- withstand