[Ads-l] to cave

[Dan Goncharoff]

Thanks to Ben and Jonathan.
On Apr 11, 2016 7:26 AM, "Jonathan Lighter" <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:

> See HDAS for still more.
>
> JL
>
> On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 12:00 AM, Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 10:32 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I saw the following headline after Speith's failure to win the Master's
> > > after a 7 on the par-3 12th:
> > >
> > > WSJ NEWS ALERT: Danny Willett Wins Masters After Jordan Spieth Caves on
> > the
> > > 12th Hole
> > >
> > > Does the OED have "cave", without "in", meaning collapse?
> >
> > Yep.
> >
> > 1844   Spirit of Times 23 Mar. 42/2   List 'till I tell you, and if
> > you do not agree with me, why, I'll cave.
> > 1855   ‘P. Paxton’ Capt. Priest 64   The one who ‘caves’ first shall
> > pay the shot.
> > 1858   N.Y. Tribune 1 May 4/2   One..of the six South American
> > opponents of Lecompton caved; the others stood firm.
> > 1860   J. G. Holland Miss Gilbert's Career xxii. 390,   I tell you
> > when a man gets in front of him Sunday, he catches it—no use
> > dodging—might as well cave.
> > 1863   C. Reade Hard Cash I. 287   ‘Now I cave.’
> > 1961   ‘A. A. Fair’ Stop at Red Light (1962) xi. 169   The guy
> > caved... The guy broke down and admitted the whole damned business.
> >
> > > I note that, in 1996, Greg Norman was said to "cave in" when he lost to
> > > Nick Faldo.
> > >
> > >
> >
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