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cave in Verb 1. to collapse inwards 2. Informal to yield completely under pressure: the government caved in to the revolutionaries' demands Noun cave-in the sudden collapse of a roof or piece of ground
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Two miles below Hornberg castle is a cave in a low cliff, which the captain of the raft said had once been occupied by a beautiful heiress of Hornberg--the Lady Gertrude-- in the old times. My thoughts were now wholly employed about securing myself against either savages, if any should appear, or wild beasts, if any were in the island; and I had many thoughts of the method how to do this, and what kind of dwelling to make - whether I should make me a cave in the earth, or a tent upon the earth; and, in short, I resolved upon both; the manner and description of which, it may not be improper to give an account of. But when he saw her come out of the cave in the form of a Dragon, he had so great dread that he fled to the ship. |
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