Today’s “Word of the Day” is “give in” and it is a phrasal verb meaning “surrender, yield, submit, give up, give way, succumb, cave in, capitulate, knuckle under, back down, comply”.
Example Sentence: The World Cup has left us with two images of Lionel Messi. One is of him in his Argentinian team shirt, holding up the trophy. The other is of the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, putting the traditional Arab men’s cloak, the black bisht, round Messi, just before he receives the trophy. The second image showed the rich state, which had bought the World Cup, rubbing in the world’s noses in it. It should always be an indelible reminder us of what happens when sports organisations give in to the power of money.
This word is present in The Guardian article I hate that Fifa and Qatar exploited Lionel Messi’s genius. But I’ll cherish the football and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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