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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



... discretion; cede, capitulate, come to terms, retreat, beat a retreat; draw in one's horns &c. (humility) 879; give way, give round, give in, give up; cave in; suffer judgment by default; bend, bend to one's yoke, bend before the storm; reel back; bend down, knuckle down, knuckle to, knuckle under; knock under. eat dirt, eat the leek, eat humble pie; bite the dust, lick the dust; be at one's feet, fall at one's feet; craven; crouch before, throw oneself at the feet of; swallow the leek, swallow the pill; kiss the rod; turn the other cheek; avaler les couleuvres[Fr], gulp down. ...
— Roget's Thesaurus

... not gray at all, but brown, or blue, at times, and a way of using them that makes a fellow heady, like champagne, and a couple of dimples that will dodge into her cheeks just when a fellow is least prepared to resist them—why, what can a fellow do but knuckle under and say yes, especially when she lets her head tip to one side a little ...
— Chip, of the Flying U • B. M. Bower



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



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