knuckled under

verb

Definition of knuckled undernext
past tense of knuckle under
1
as in succumbed
to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control) encouraged her to stand firm and not knuckle under to political pressure

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2
as in surrendered
to yield to the control or power of enemy forces the remote outpost was overrun and forced to knuckle under

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knuckled under
  1. succumbed
  2. surrendered
  3. submitted
  4. fell
  5. conceded
  6. bowed
Verb
  • Local authorities had told Reuters that 143 people have succumbed to the illness since late October.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The dream turned into a nightmare when Lucy succumbed to cytomegalovirus (CMV), an infection that can be passed from a mother to her baby during pregnancy.
    Nancy Borowick, NPR, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of succumbed
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  • Pixie's life turned upside down when she was surrendered to Halifax County Animal Control in Virginia.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Fast forward to October 2019, when Huffman surrendered to serve a 14-day sentence for her role in the college admissions scandal.
    Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of surrendered
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  • The judge asked that a plan for the disposition of the Infowars assets be submitted within 30 days.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Nearly 15% of the claims submitted to private payers for reimbursement are declined.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of submitted
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  • President Bashar al-Assad, and his late father and predecessor, Hafez, were omnipresent forces, glaring down from the many billboards, posters, and statues that were felled this week with all the exuberance, rage, and grief of the long-oppressed.
    Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
  • It was even enlarged to incorporate two massive, historic elm trees that would have been felled to accommodate the structure otherwise.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2024
Definition of fell
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  • Helmut Marko conceded that Verstappen’s teammates—referring to the thousands of them—are also being cheated by this orientation.
    Rob Reed, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Newman conceded last month after losing to Choi by less than 2 percentage points, or about 6,000 votes.
    Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of conceded
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  • Born July 3, 1940 in Madison, Wisconsin, Michael Cole bowed on television in an episode of western Gunsmoke in 1961.
    Marc Berman, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Born July 3, 1940 in Madison, Wisconsin, Michael Cole bowed on television in an episode of western Gunsmoke in 1961.
    Marc Berman, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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