Thesaurus / knuckle
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Use your tape and measure the width of your hand at your knuckles.
HOW TO KNIT YOUR OWN BERNIE MITTENSSANDRA GUTIERREZ G.JANUARY 26, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEHe also did not turn himself into law enforcement, she said, and instead was found at his sister’s home in Macon, 75 miles from home, with brass knuckles, multiple guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.
PROSECUTORS WANT DEFENSE ATTORNEY, EX-SACRAMENTO GOP LEADER CHARGED IN CAPITOL SIEGE TO REMAIN DETAINEDRACHEL WEINER, SPENCER HSUJANUARY 21, 2021WASHINGTON POSTGlide your knuckles down slowly, applying constant pressure.
A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO GIVING YOURSELF A MASSAGESANDRA GUTIERREZ G.JANUARY 14, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEAs a variant, keep your eyes looking forward and glide your knuckles down toward your shoulder in a straight line.
A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO GIVING YOURSELF A MASSAGESANDRA GUTIERREZ G.JANUARY 14, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEI’ve knocked on wood so many times since March that my knuckles are covered in callouses.
SHOULD I BE GIVING MY LITTLE GIRL A BIGGER DOSE OF REALITY ABOUT THE PANDEMIC?SCOTT NEUMYEROCTOBER 30, 2020WASHINGTON POSTHe had their undivided attention in a moment, without the rapping of Miss Carringtons hard knuckle on the table top.
THE GIRLS OF CENTRAL HIGH ON THE STAGEGERTRUDE W. MORRISONBobby said that that knuckle of Gee Gees middle finger had been abnormally developed by continued bringing the class to order.
THE GIRLS OF CENTRAL HIGH ON THE STAGEGERTRUDE W. MORRISONBy chance he heard us warned for guard, and at once went to his tent and returned with a ham knuckle.
LETTERS OF LT.-COL. GEORGE BRENTON LAURIEGEORGE BRENTON LAURIEThree were used at a time, thrown from the fritillus, as were the knuckle-bones (Fig. 132), but the sides counted that came up.
THE PRIVATE LIFE OF THE ROMANSHAROLD WHETSTONE JOHNSTONIf this rounding is carried to excess we get the Knuckle thread shown at (d).
AN INTRODUCTION TO MACHINE DRAWING AND DESIGNDAVID ALLAN LOWWORDS RELATED TO KNUCKLE
- abiding
- acceding
- acknowledging
- acquiescing
- agreeing
- appeasing
- being submissive
- bending
- bowing
- buckling
- capitulating
- caving
- ceding
- conceding
- deferring
- eating crow
- folding
- giving away
- giving ground
- giving in
- giving way
- going with the flow
- grinning and bearing it
- humoring
- indulging
- knuckling
- knuckling under
- kowtowing
- lying down arms
- obeying
- putting up with
- quitting
- relenting
- relinquishing
- resigning oneself
- saying uncle
- stooping
- succumbing
- surrendering
- throwing in the towel
- toeing the line
- tolerating
- truckling
- withstanding
- yielding
- accede
- bow
- break down
- buckle
- capitulate
- cave
- cave in
- cease
- collapse
- croak
- decease
- defer
- demise
- depart
- drop
- eat crow
- expire
- fall
- fall victim to
- flake out
- fold
- give in
- give in to
- give out
- give up the ghost
- give way
- go
- go down
- go under
- knuckle
- knuckle under
- meet waterloo
- pack it in
- pass
- pass away
- perish
- quit
- show white flag
- submit
- take the count
- throw in the towel
- wilt
- yield
- acceding
- bowing
- breaking down
- buckling
- capitulating
- caving
- caving in
- ceasing
- collapsing
- croaking
- deceasing
- deferring
- demising
- departing
- dropping
- eating crow
- expiring
- falling
- falling victim to
- flaking out
- folding
- giving in
- giving in to
- giving out
- giving up the ghost
- giving way
- going
- going down
- going under
- knuckling
- knuckling under
- meeting waterloo
- packing it in
- passing
- passing away
- perishing
- quitting
- showing white flag
- submitting
- taking the count
- throwing in the towel
- wilting
- yielding
- abandon
- buckle under
- capitulate
- cave in
- cede
- commit
- concede
- consign
- cry uncle
- deliver up
- eat crow
- eat humble pie
- entrust
- fall
- fold
- forego
- give in
- go along with
- go down
- go under
- hand over
- knuckle
- knuckle under
- leave
- let go
- pack it in
- part with
- play dead
- put up white flag
- quit
- relinquish
- renounce
- roll over
- submit
- succumb
- throw in the towel
- toss it in
- waive
- yield
- abandoning
- buckling under
- capitulating
- caving in
- ceding
- committing
- conceding
- consigning
- crying uncle
- delivering up
- eating crow
- eating humble pie
- entrusting
- falling
- folding
- foregoing
- giving in
- going along with
- going down
- going under
- handing over
- knuckling
- knuckling under
- leaving
- let going
- packing it in
- part with
- playing dead
- putting up white flag
- quitting
- relinquishing
- renouncing
- rolling over
- submitting
- succumbing
- throwing in the towel
- tossing it in
- waiving
- yielding
- abandon
- abdicate
- admit defeat
- back down
- bend
- bow
- break
- buy
- call it quits
- capitulate
- cave in
- cede
- collapse
- come to terms
- crumple
- defer
- fold
- fold up
- give oneself over
- give up
- give way
- go
- hand over
- knuckle
- knuckle under
- lay down arms
- leave
- let go
- part with
- relax
- relent
- relinquish
- resign
- sag
- submit
- succumb
- suffer defeat
- throw in the towel
- abandoned
- abdicated
- admitted defeat
- back down
- bent
- bought
- bowed
- broke
- called it quit
- came to terms
- capitulated
- caved in
- ceded
- collapsed
- crumpled
- deferred
- folded
- folded up
- gave oneself over
- gave up
- gave way
- handed over
- knuckled
- knuckled under
- lay down arms
- left
- let went
- part with
- relaxed
- relented
- relinquished
- resigned
- sagged
- submitted
- succumbed
- suffered defeat
- threw in the towel
- went
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