knuckle under
[verb]
Synonyms: yield, bow, buckle (under), capitulate, cave, defer, knuckle, submit, succumb

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knuckle under phrasal verb informal (see also knuckle)
to accept someone’s authority or orders although you do not want to

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knuckle under
knuckle under (to (someone/something))
to accept unwillingly what someone or something demands.
We want to reach an agreement, but we won't knuckle under to their demands.

Related vocabulary: give in to someone/something

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knuckle under
yield, submit
The union finally knuckled under from the pressure and ended the strike.

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knuckle under
v. phr. To do something because you are forced to do it.
Bobby refused to knuckle under to the bully.
Compare: GIVE IN.

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