English / idiom
Knuckle Under
MEANING IN ENGLISH
To yield, submit, or surrender to authority, external coercion, or demanding pressure.
In context
01
The independent journalist stood firm and refused to knuckle under to political threats.
02
Facing relentless pressure from institutional shareholders, the executive committee finally knuckled under.
Synonyms
give in,capitulate,surrender
Antonyms
stand firm,resist,hold out
Collocations
refuse to knuckle under,knuckle under to pressure,forced to knuckle under