accede to pressure



accede to pressure

To bow down or yield to pressure from an outside force, especially as regards a political, business, or military action or decision. Congress was forced to accede to pressure from the public and abandon its proposal to increase taxes.
See also: accede, pressure

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
CarverKAHR-vərEnglish (Rare)
EusÉBio-Portuguese
Orval['ɔ:vəl]
Haribert-Ancient Germanic
Merry (2)MER-ee (English)Literature
EbbeEB-be (Swedish), E-bə (German)Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, German (Rare)