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knuckle underverb to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)encouraged her to stand firm and not knuckle under to political pressure blink, bow, budge, capitulate, concede, give in, quit, relent, submit, succumb, surrender, yield acquiescedefer say uncle, throw in the towel(also throw in the sponge) resist contend, fight, hold offbattle, breast, combat, confront, counter, defy, face, meet, object, oppose, repelthwart, withstand to yield to the control or power of enemy forcesthe remote outpost was overrun and forced to knuckle under capitulate, fall, give up, submit, succumb, surrender bow, buckle, cave (in), collapse, give (in)hand over, relinquishloseconcede, fail, fold endure, stand buck, defy, fight, oppose, repel, resist, withstandbeat, overcome, winconquer, prevail, triumph in 1869 |