knuckling under
Example Sentences
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What cannot be allowed to occur is your in-laws knuckling under to tears.
From Slate • Apr. 12, 2019
The network comes across as knuckling under in response to criticism or commentary that might have a negative impact on sponsors.
From Washington Times • Oct. 11, 2017
His cohort of men was raised to believe that doing “the right thing” meant knuckling under and buying a ring.
From Salon • Oct. 28, 2012
If we eat when hungry, sleep when tired, scratch an itch or write a poem, we aren’t knuckling under to the vices of our viruses.
From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2012
“No,” came back sourly, “but here you are in the officer’s room with two robots standing guard at the door. That’s not knuckling under, is it?”
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
