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knuckles under

knuckles under is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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What is knuckles under the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Knuckles under is the third-person singular simple present indicative of knuckle under.

Words near knuckles under in the dictionary

  1. knuckler
  2. knucklers
  3. knuckles
  4. knuckles down
  5. knuckles to
  6. knuckles under
  7. knuckles up
  8. knucklesome
  9. knucklestones
  10. knucklewalk
  11. knucklewalked

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