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buckle under
verb as in capitulate
Weak matches
verb as in give in
verb as in give in/give up
Weak matches
verb as in surrender
Strongest matches
Example Sentences
Treasurys sparked alarm that the bond market might finally be buckling under the pressure of outsize U.S. borrowing.
The wooden machine they are building is sure to buckle under that much weight.
But the American buckled under the pressure in the 12th game, as two wild unforced errors helped bring up three set points for Alcaraz.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's government presents its first budget on Tuesday, a spending plan he says will provide "the answer" for an economy starting to buckle under US tariffs.
As much of Europe buckles under the weight of mass tourism, Georgia is only now getting in on the action in earnest.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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