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• knuckle under — PHRASAL VERB If you knuckle under, you do what someone else tells you to do or what a situation forces you to do, because you realize that you have no choice. [INFORMAL] [V P] It is arguable whether the rebels will knuckle under... [V P to n] The …   English dictionary

• knuckle under to someone — knuckle under (to (someone/something)) to accept unwillingly what someone or something demands. We want to reach an agreement, but we won t knuckle under to their demands. Related vocabulary: give in to someone/something …   New idioms dictionary

• knuckle under to something — knuckle under (to (someone/something)) to accept unwillingly what someone or something demands. We want to reach an agreement, but we won t knuckle under to their demands. Related vocabulary: give in to someone/something …   New idioms dictionary

• knuckle under to — knuckle under (to (someone/something)) to accept unwillingly what someone or something demands. We want to reach an agreement, but we won t knuckle under to their demands. Related vocabulary: give in to someone/something …   New idioms dictionary

• knuckle under — (to (someone/something)) to accept unwillingly what someone or something demands. We want to reach an agreement, but we won t knuckle under to their demands. Related vocabulary: give in to someone/something …   New idioms dictionary

• give in — verb 1. yield to another s wish or opinion (Freq. 5) The government bowed to the military pressure • Syn: ↑submit, ↑bow, ↑defer, ↑accede • Derivationally related forms: ↑deferent …   Useful english dictionary

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• yield — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. crop, harvest, product. See agriculture. v. surrender, cede, abandon, give up; give in, succumb; produce, bear, bring; furnish, supply, afford; soften, relax, give [way]; assent, comply, obey. See… …   English dictionary for students

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