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Knuckle under   Listen
verb
knuckle under  v. i.  To yield; to submit; usually used with to.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Knuckle under" Quotes from Famous Books



... all the fiends in fire, Minion! you shall find that it is not the worst. I know how to make you knuckle under, and I shall do it!" exclaimed the commodore in a rage, as he rose up and strode off toward the room occupied by Mary L'Oiseau. Without the ceremony of knocking, he burst the door open with one blow of ...
— The Missing Bride • Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

... back its evil mastery to-morrow if it could. So we need to keep awake, to see we don't lose what we've won, but add to it. Now here's a man that's a servant by instinct, and it's in his blood to knuckle under." ...
— The Spinners • Eden Phillpotts

... boys made a number of friends, some of whom have already been mentioned in these pages, and they likewise made several enemies. Chief among the enemies were Josiah Crabtree, a dictatorial teacher, and Dan Baxter, a bully who had done his best to make them "knuckle under" to him. ...
— The Rover Boys In The Mountains • Arthur M. Winfield

... retorted Letty pertly. "I'll settle that matter with the good lady herself, and in the meantime I'm not going to knuckle under to you, so don't think it! You needn't come back so precious high and mighty from your High School, and expect to boss the whole show here. ...
— The Luckiest Girl in the School • Angela Brazil

... on yourself, Rover," went on Lew Flapp slangily. "You think you're the only toad in the puddle. But you ain't, let me tell you that. As soon as I heard about you, I made up my mind I wouldn't knuckle under ...
— The Rover Boys in Camp - or, The Rivals of Pine Island • Edward Stratemeyer



Words linked to "Knuckle under" :   defer, go for, succumb, accept, yield, give in, bow, buckle under, accede, consent



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