bend in

bend in

To lean or arch inward. Ever since the car accident, my passenger-side door has been bent in. If you can get the ball to bend in at the last second, you'll start racking up more strikeouts. Well, it can't be good if the pipe is bent in like that! No wonder the water wasn't getting through.

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bend in

to curve or turn inward. The shore bent in about a mile to the west. The side of the shed bent in under the force of the wind.

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