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accede to pressure
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.
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accede
,
pressure
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