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Knuckle under   /nˈəkəl ˈəndər/   Listen
Knuckle under

verb
1.
Consent reluctantly.  Synonyms: buckle under, give in, succumb, yield.






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"Knuckle under" Quotes from Famous Books



... from the house to get rid of them, they would follow and hoot at me; and when I reproved them they informed me they were not going "to knuckle under to old Melvyn's darter, the damnedest fool in the world, who's lost all his prawperty, and has to borry ...
— My Brilliant Career • Miles Franklin



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



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