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1
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
to yield to the control or power of enemy forces
- the remote outpost was overrun and forced to knuckle under
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The first known use of knuckle under was in 1869
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