knuckled under Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- threw-in-the-sponge
- yielded
- gave-in
- acquiesced
- capitulated
- blinked
- budged
- threw-in-the-towel
- quitted
- relented
- said-uncle
- quit
Weak:
knuckled under Meaning
knuckled under
give in, submit, submit sense 4, give in
knuckled under Sentence Examples
- The bully forced the timid boy to knuckle under and do his homework for him.
- The union refused to knuckle under to the company's unfair demands.
- The child's refusal to knuckle under to peer pressure earned him respect.
- The government knuckled under to the protesters' demands for change.
- Despite facing adversity, the team never knuckled under and fought until the end.
- The parents knuckled under and gave their child the extra screen time he had been begging for.
- The teacher refused to knuckle under to the student's disruptive behavior.
- The prisoner knuckled under to the interrogator's threats and confessed to the crime.
- The stubborn politician refused to knuckle under to public pressure and maintained his unpopular stance.
- The once-mighty empire had knuckled under to the invaders and lost its independence.
FAQs About the word knuckled under
give in, submit, submit sense 4, give in
submitted,succumbed, surrendered, conceded, bowed, threw in the sponge, yielded, gave in, acquiesced, capitulated
resisted, contended, fought, opposed, met, defied, held off, objected, repelled, countered
The bully forced the timid boy to knuckle under and do his homework for him.
The union refused to knuckle under to the company's unfair demands.
The child's refusal to knuckle under to peer pressure earned him respect.
The government knuckled under to the protesters' demands for change.
