knuckle under

Instead he knuckled under to a would-be autocrat-president, bending the knee even after Donald Trump lost reelection and marshaled an attack on the Capitol in an unprecedented bid to stay in power.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who vowed to avoid default, finally cut a deal allowing an increase and has since faced blowback from hardliners including former President Trump, who claims he knuckled under to Democrats.

“Wake up. Show the rest of America that you can get some backbone and push back and say we’re not gonna knuckle under.”

The leader of Alberta’s left-wing New Democratic Party accused Mr. Kenney of knuckling under to “criminals.”

California-based chains considered their customers and their markets; they did not have to knuckle under to the marketing dictates of a distant headquarters.