KNUCKLED UNDER Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

knuckled under

verb

past tense of knuckle under

as in succumbed

to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control) encouraged her to stand firm and not knuckle under to political pressure

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as in surrendered

to yield to the control or power of enemy forces the remote outpost was overrun and forced to knuckle under

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Shakur succumbed to his gunshot wounds six days after being gunned down.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
He was shot four times and succumbed to his injuries six days later.

— Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of succumbed

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Their defense had surrendered 83 points in consecutive blowout losses to Missouri and South Carolina, and the optimism surrounding new coach Jon Sumrall had evaporated faster than a puddle on a Gainesville sidewalk in August.

— Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Oct. 2026
Despite the strong showing, shares surrendered an early rally.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of surrendered

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The researchers will then randomly choose around 1/3 of people who submitted a lone star tick, another 1/3 of people who submitted a black legged tick and 1/3 of people who submitted a positive alpha-gal tick to the laboratory.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 14 Oct. 2026
The county faced no opposition to its bid for the point-in-time count and the regional application, but the city submitted competing bids for the database and matching system.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of submitted

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Griess, the superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks, said the 430 trees that were felled were not identified as hazardous or raising safety concerns.

— Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
Yet trees that took a millennium to grow can be felled in under an hour.

— Annika Hammerschlag, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

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The film bowed in the Midnight Madness section at the Toronto Film Festival and will have its Asian premiere at Singapore’s Capitol Theatre.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
Accordingly, The Marriage Market bowed in Germany first, on ProSieben’s streaming platform Joyn.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026

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