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knuckle under |
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knuckle under (to someone or something) to submit to someone or something; to yield or give in to someone or something. You have to knuckle under to your boss if you expect to keep your job. I'm too stubborn to knuckle under. See also: knuckle knuckle under (to somebody/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 somebody/something)See also: knuckle How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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We had to knuckle under the whole of the time, to the civil authorities. |
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