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The act of something collapsing or caving in.
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We were warned away from the rickety old mine because of the danger of cave-ins.
Submitted on September 15, 2010
More phrases:
- cave in
- close in on
- dig in
- go down
- grow on
- live down
- look out
- make out
- mess up
- pick up
- put off
- rely on
- run around with
- run over
- run through
- scarf down
- space out
- take off
- walk into
- zip up
- as good as one's word
- at a loss for words
- bury the hatchet
- by and large
- call a spade a spade
- do-or-die
- don't get me started
- down-to-earth
- every which way
- eye candy
- from cover to cover
- from time to time
- get a jump on
- give birth
- give in
- good luck with that
- hat in hand
- honest-to-goodness
- in heaven's name
- in line
- it takes two to tango
- jolly someone along
- labor of love
- lion
- on board
- on the right track
- one another
- one at a time
- one fell swoop
- out of house and home
- out of order
- put together
- salad years
- same old story
- seat-of-the-pants
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- sob story
- spin one's wheels
- spruce up
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