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Buckle under   /bˈəkəl ˈəndər/   Listen
Buckle under

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





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"Buckle under" Quotes from Famous Books



... a pitcher who would die of shame if he could not fool a one-eyed batter. But Sam swooped down and upon the first ball and drove it back toward the pitcher. Muck could not get out of the way and the ball made his leg buckle under him. Then that hit glanced off to begin a marvelous exhibition of high and ...
— The Redheaded Outfield and Other Baseball Stories • Zane Grey


Words linked to "Buckle under" :   accede, bow, succumb, go for, submit, knuckle under, accept, defer, consent


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