English verb: knuckle under | |||
1. | knuckle under (communication) consent reluctantly | ||
Synonyms | buckle under, give in, succumb, yield | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s to somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | accept, consent, go for | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | accede, bow, defer, give in, submit | ||