to knuckle under

to knuckle under
Уступить, покориться кому-либо. В настоящее время мы используем слово knuckle только в значении «сустав пальца», а раньше это слово имело более широкое значение и обозначало любую кость, которая заканчивалась суставом. В этом контексте глагол to knuckle under означает преклонить колена в знак уступки или поражения. Некоторые думают, что происхождение этого выражения относится к обычаю ударять стол снизу костяшками пальцев при поражении в споре.

He had to knuckle under, because the boss threatened to fire him. — Он вынужден был уступить, потому что начальник грозился его уволить.


English-Russian dictionary of expressions. 2014.

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  • knuckle under to someone — knuckle under (to (someone/something)) to accept unwillingly what someone or something demands. We want to reach an agreement, but we won t knuckle under to their demands. Related vocabulary: give in to someone/something …   New idioms dictionary

  • knuckle under to something — knuckle under (to (someone/something)) to accept unwillingly what someone or something demands. We want to reach an agreement, but we won t knuckle under to their demands. Related vocabulary: give in to someone/something …   New idioms dictionary

  • knuckle under to — knuckle under (to (someone/something)) to accept unwillingly what someone or something demands. We want to reach an agreement, but we won t knuckle under to their demands. Related vocabulary: give in to someone/something …   New idioms dictionary

  • knuckle under — (to (someone/something)) to accept unwillingly what someone or something demands. We want to reach an agreement, but we won t knuckle under to their demands. Related vocabulary: give in to someone/something …   New idioms dictionary

  • knuckle under — knuc kle un der, v. i. To yield; to submit; usually used with to. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • knuckle under — index succumb Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • knuckle under (to somebody) — ˌknuckle ˈunder (to sb/sth) derived (informal) to accept sb else s authority Main entry: ↑knucklederived …   Useful english dictionary

  • knuckle under (to something) — ˌknuckle ˈunder (to sb/sth) derived (informal) to accept sb else s authority Main entry: ↑knucklederived …   Useful english dictionary

  • knuckle under — verb consent reluctantly (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑yield, ↑give in, ↑succumb, ↑buckle under • Derivationally related forms: ↑yielding (for: ↑yield) …   Useful english dictionary

  • knuckle under — v. (D; intr.) ( to submit ) to knuckle under to (to knuckle under to an aggressor) * * * (D; intr.) ( to submit ) to knuckle under to (to knuckle under to an aggressor) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • knuckle under — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms knuckle under : present tense I/you/we/they knuckle under he/she/it knuckles under present participle knuckling under past tense knuckled under past participle knuckled under informal to do what someone… …   English dictionary


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