be cowed

to be frightened into doing something you don't want to do

I will not be cowed into forsaking my beliefs. Not by you or anyone else.

by movieenglish May 20, 2009

rolled over

to have given up

Sebastian: You did the best you could.

Veronica: Yeah, but he didn’t. He just sort of rolled over. Didn’t put up a fight. It’s not like him.

by movieenglish May 22, 2009