succumb

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succumb to (something)

1. To allow oneself to be overcome or overpowered by something; to submit or yield to something. No, we cannot succumb to our desires. We must remain chaste before our wedding! I really did have every intention of sticking to my diet, but I succumbed to temptation when my coworker brought in donuts last Friday.
2. To die as a result of something, such as disease, injury, old age, etc. He fought the cancer with bravery and dignity until the bitter end, but sadly he succumbed to the awful disease yesterday morning. My grandmother wanted to make one final trip to Kyoto before succumbing to old age.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

succumb to something

to yield to something, especially a temptation, fatal disease, a human weakness, etc. He finally succumbed to his pneumonia. She did not succumb to the disease until she was very old.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • a/the feel of (something)
  • (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you
  • a straw will show which way the wind blows
  • a crack at (someone or something)
  • all right
  • (you) wanna make something of it?
  • all for the best
  • a thing of the past
  • a slew of (something)
  • a bird in the hand
References in periodicals archive
WAFA correspondent reported medical sources confirming that Musa Mohammad Musa, 23, a resident of the central Gaza Strip town of Deir al-Balah, succumbed to his injuries he sustained after being shot by Israeli forces during a protest to the east of al-Breij on March 1st.
4 Nature, 85 percent of the hypoxic cultures initiated their suicide programs and died, whereas only 10 percent of the oxygenated cultures succumbed to apoptosis.
figure By ANITA CHEPKOECH class="MsoNormalA man has died of anthrax in Kapsoit Ward in Kericho after coming into contact with the carcass of a cow that succumbed to the disease.
He succumbed to his injuries in a hospital in Srinagar, reported.
The two injured personnel were immediately taken to the nearest medical centre for treatment where Raju succumbed to his injuries.
The country is also mourning Kibra MP Ken Okoth and Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore, who succumbed to cancer this month.
According to reports, the lyricist succumbed to physical illness earlier in the morning at the Holy Family Hospital in Rawalpindi.
Two others were injured and admitted to hospital of which one of them succumbed to his injuries last night.
QUETTA: The death toll ofSatelliteTownblast inQuettahas reached five after another wounded cop succumbed to his injuries on Thursday.
LAHORE -- The death toll of the bomb blast, targeting police outside the famous Data Darbar shrine in Lahore, reached 13 after another injured succumbed to his injuries on Sunday.
GOLARCHI -- A woman namely Chaghi, who was injured in a road mishap, succumbed to her injuries on Friday.
The Taliban shadow governor for southern Helmand province Sharafuddin Taqi has succumbed to injuries which he had sustained in an airstrike conducted in Musqa Qala district few days back, reported .The provincial government media office in a statement said credible intelligence information confirm that Sharafuddin Taqi has succumbed to his injuries.
Summary: He succumbed to his injuries after two weeks of struggle.
DERA GHAZI KHAN -- Rashid Bukhari, a PTI leader who was critically injured in life attempt four days back has succumbed to injuries in Dera Ghazi khan hospital .