English verb: buckle under | |||
| 1. | buckle under (communication) consent reluctantly | ||
| Synonyms | give in, knuckle under, 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 | ||