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buckled under

buckled under is the simple past and past participle of buckle under.

Meaning of buckle under

Verb

buckle under (third-person singular simple present buckles under, present participle buckling under, simple past and past participle buckled under)

  1. (intransitive) To reluctantly accept something (due to a source of social pressure).
  2. (intransitive) To collapse.

Questions about buckled under

What is buckled under the simple past and past participle of?
Buckled under is the simple past and past participle of buckle under.

Words near buckled under in the dictionary

  1. buckled
  2. buckled down
  3. buckled hat
  4. buckled in
  5. buckled to
  6. buckled under
  7. buckled up
  8. buckleless
  9. buckler
  10. buckler fern
  11. buckler ferns

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