give in to demands

Meaning

This phrase means to surrender, yield, or agree to firm and insistent requests, especially after initially resisting them. In a business context, it is often used during negotiations, labor union strikes, or contract disputes when one party finally complies with the other side's pressure. It usually carries a slight connotation of weakness or compromise.

Examples

• The management refused to give in to the union's demands for a salary increase.

  The management refused to give in to the union's demands for a salary increase.

• We cannot afford to give in to their demands if we want to stay within budget.

  We cannot afford to give in to their demands if we want to stay within budget.

• After weeks of negotiations, the supplier finally gave in to our demands for a discount.

  After weeks of negotiations, the supplier finally gave in to our demands for a discount.

• If you give in to their demands now, they will ask for even more concessions next time.

  If you give in to their demands now, they will ask for even more concessions next time.

• The company was forced to give in to public demands and recall the faulty product.

  The company was forced to give in to public demands and recall the faulty product.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ The director gave in the demands of the board.

  ✓ The director gave in to the demands of the board.

  The phrasal verb is 'give in to', requiring the preposition 'to' before the noun phrase.

• ✗ They decided to give up to demands.

  ✓ They decided to give in to demands.

  'Give up' means to quit or stop trying entirely, whereas 'give in' specifically means to yield to someone else's pressure or requests.

Related Expressions

Practice

• The board of directors is determined not to ___ of the activist investors.

  💡 yield to the firm requests

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  give in to the demands

• They had no choice but to ___ after the strike lasted for over a month.

  💡 surrender to the pressure

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  give in to demands