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buckling under

buckling under is the present participle and gerund 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 buckling under

What is buckling under the present participle and gerund of?
Buckling under is the present participle and gerund of buckle under.

Words near buckling under in the dictionary

  1. Bucklin
  2. buckling
  3. buckling down
  4. buckling in
  5. buckling to
  6. buckling under
  7. buckling up
  8. bucklings
  9. Bucklins
  10. Buckman
  11. Buckmans

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