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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  knuckle under \knuc`kle un"der\, v. i.
     To yield; to submit; -- usually used with to.
     [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  knuckle under
       v : consent reluctantly [syn: yield, give in, succumb, buckle
           under]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  knuckle under
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive idiomatic) To yield or cooperate when pressured
  or forced to do so.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  knuckle under
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive idiomatic) To yield or cooperate when pressured
  or forced to do so.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  knuckle under
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive idiomatic) To yield or cooperate when pressured
  or forced to do so.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  knuckle under
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive idiomatic) To yield or cooperate when pressured
  or forced to do so.

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  knuckle under /nˈʌkəl ˈʌndə/
  podrobit se

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  knuckle under /nˈʌkəl ˈʌndə/
  sich jdm. unterordnen, unterwerfen [Schw.] , parieren, spuren [ugs.] , kuschen  [ugs.]  [vor jdm.]
        "He refused to knuckle under to anyone."  - Er weigerte sich, sich irgendjemandem unterzuordnen.
   see: knuckling under, knuckled under
  
           Note: to sb.

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  knuckle under /nˈʌkəl ˈʌndə/
  
  υποτάσσομαι

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "knuckle under":
     accede, accept, acquiesce, assent, be agreeable, bow, capitulate,
     cave, comply, consent, defer, face the music, go along with,
     knock under, knuckle, knuckle down, live with it, not resist, obey,
     relent, resign, submit, succumb, swallow it, swallow the pill,
     take, take it
  
  

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     屈服,认输,承认失败

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