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knuckling underverbpresent participle of knuckle under to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)encouraged her to stand firm and not knuckle under to political pressure blinking, bowing, budging, capitulating, conceding, giving in, quitting, relenting, submitting, succumbing, surrendering, yielding acquiescingdeferring saying uncle, throwing in the towel(also throwing in the sponge) resisting contending, fighting, holding offbattling, breasting, combating(or combatting), confronting, countering, defying, facing, meeting, objecting, opposing, repellingthwarting, withstanding to yield to the control or power of enemy forcesthe remote outpost was overrun and forced to knuckle under capitulating, falling, giving up, submitting, succumbing, surrendering bowing, buckling, caving (in), collapsing, giving (in)handing over, relinquishinglosingconceding, failing, folding enduring, standing bucking, defying, fighting, opposing, repelling, resisting, withstandingbeating, overcoming, winningconquering, prevailing, triumphing |