Idiom
fold like a cheap suit
Meaning
To give up easily; capitulate.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He folded like a cheap suit when the boss started shouting.”
“The team was winning, but they folded like a cheap suit once the pressure increased in the final minutes.”
“Despite his initial bravado during the debate, the candidate folded like a cheap suit the moment his opponent presented the evidence.”
Examples
simple
“He folded like a cheap suit when the boss started shouting.”
contextual
“The team was winning, but they folded like a cheap suit once the pressure increased in the final minutes.”
complex
“Despite his initial bravado during the debate, the candidate folded like a cheap suit the moment his opponent presented the evidence.”
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