knuckle under
informal— phrasal verb with knuckle uk/ˈnʌk.əl/us/ˈnʌk.əl/verb
to accept someone's power over you and do what they tell you to do
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Losing and being defeated
- battering
- capitulate
- defeat
- downfall
- drubbing
- fallen
- give
- give in
- go
- go down
- leave, go off, etc. with your tail between your legs idiom
- lose
- meet your match idiom
- say
- squeaker
- succumb
- tail
- throw
- tie
- you win! idiom
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