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sag
(Figuratively) To lose firmness, elasticity, vigor, or a thriving state; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced.
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fall
To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
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die
To mold, stamp, cut, or shape with a die
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give out
(Of an implement, a limb, a machine, etc.) To break down, get out of order, fail.
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collapse
(Cricket) For several batsmen to get out in quick succession
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ease-up
To reduce the speed
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crumple
To become crumpled
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recede
To become more distant, and hence indistinct
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withdraw
To take back (a comment, etc).
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retire
To give up one's work, business, career, etc., esp. because of advanced age
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yield
To produce a return for effort or investment:
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accede
(Intransitive) To agree or assent to a proposal or a view; to give way. [from 16th c.]
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grant
To acknowledge for the sake of argument; admit as true without proof; concede
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give (related)
To offer in good faith; pledge:
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retreat (related)
To decline in value:
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admit (related)
To afford opportunity for; permit:
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fail
(Educ.) To get a grade of failure; not pass
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go-bad
Of a geographic area, to become unsafe.
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conk out
(Intransitive, informal) to fall fast asleep; to sleep soundly
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go
To extend between two points or in a certain direction; run:
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break
To cause to be without money or to go into bankruptcy.
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cave in
Alternative spelling of cave in.
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crumble
To crumble is to break into small pieces, or to fall to pieces.
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break down
(Intransitive) to fail, to cease to function
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move over
move in order to make room for someone for something
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fall-in
(Intransitive) To collapse inwards.
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founder
To founder is defined as to fall or fail.
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  • Russell, however, refused to give way a hair's-breadth.

  • Her knees were trembling as if they were going to give way at any moment, and her face felt devoid of blood.

  • It was amended with the rule that bait fishers will give way to fly anglers.

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