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knuckled under

knuckled under is the simple past and past participle of knuckle under.

Meaning of knuckle under

Verb

knuckle under (third-person singular simple present knuckles under, present participle knuckling under, simple past and past participle knuckled under)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To cooperate or yield when forced or pressured to do so.
    • The man is a ruffian. I won't knuckle under to him!1907, John Galsworthy, “Acute Attack of—‘Pendycitis’”, in The Country House, London: William Heinemann, →OCLC, part III, page 286
    Synonyms:
    fall in line

Questions about knuckled under

What is knuckled under the simple past and past participle of?
Knuckled under is the simple past and past participle of knuckle under.

Words near knuckled under in the dictionary

  1. knucklecurve
  2. knucklecurves
  3. knuckled
  4. knuckled down
  5. knuckled to
  6. knuckled under
  7. knuckled up
  8. knuckledragger
  9. knuckledraggers
  10. knuckleduster
  11. knuckledusters

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