KNUCKLE UNDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does knuckle under mean? 

• KNUCKLE UNDER (verb)
  The verb KNUCKLE UNDER has 1 sense:

1. consent reluctantly

  Familiarity information: KNUCKLE UNDER used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KNUCKLE UNDER (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Consent reluctantly

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

buckle under; give in; knuckle under; succumb; yield

Hypernyms (to "knuckle under" is one way to...):

accept; consent; go for (give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "knuckle under"):

accede; bow; defer; give in; submit (yield to another's wish or opinion)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s to somebody