Quiz: "caved" or "caked"?

The correct answer is: caved

"I finally caved in and agreed to write the company's financial report this year."

To cave in to somebody or something means to finally do what somebody wants despite being strongly against it.

cave in = nachgeben

Here are some more phrasal verbs you can use when talking about agreeing to something you don't want to do:

give in (to sb/sth): "In the end I gave in and agreed to work at the trade fair on Saturday."

give in = nachgeben

yield (to sb/sth): "The sales manager yielded to customers' demands for a 10 per cent discount."

yield =  sich beugen

knuckle under (to sb/sth): "We do want the project, but not at any cost. We won't knuckle under to all their demands."

knuckle under  = spuren, sich beugen

bow (to sb/sth): "We refused to bow to their demands that we stop working with their competitors."

bow = sich beugen

"We have our annual staff ______ next week. I'm hoping for some positive feedback from my boss."

• appraisal
• approval