All buckle under synonyms

verb buckle under

• give up — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
• cede — If someone in a position of authority cedes land or power to someone else, they let them have the land or power, often as a result of military or political pressure.
• defer — If you defer an event or action, you arrange for it to happen at a later date, rather than immediately or at the previously planned time.
• concede — If you concede something, you admit, often unwillingly, that it is true or correct.
• bow — When you bow to someone, you briefly bend your body towards them as a formal way of greeting them or showing respect.
• relent — to soften in feeling, temper, or determination; become more mild, compassionate, or forgiving.
• surrender — to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy; to surrender the stolen goods to the police.
• succumb — to give way to superior force; yield: to succumb to despair.
• cave in — If something such as a roof or a ceiling caves in, it collapses inwards.
• renounce — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
• leave — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
• commit — If someone commits a crime or a sin, they do something illegal or bad.
• give in — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
• fold — to confine (sheep or other domestic animals) in a fold.
• submit — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
• yield — to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs.
• forego — forgo.
• consign — To consign something or someone to a place where they will be forgotten about, or to an unpleasant situation or place, means to put them there.
• fall — to come or drop down suddenly to a lower position, especially to leave a standing or erect position suddenly, whether voluntarily or not: to fall on one's knees.
• knuckle — a joint of a finger, especially one of the articulations of a metacarpal with a phalanx.
• come across — If you come across something or someone, you find them or meet them by chance.
• knuckle under — a joint of a finger, especially one of the articulations of a metacarpal with a phalanx.
• put out — a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
• come to terms — to reach acceptance or agreement
• give out — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
• give up — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
• abandon — If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
• back down — If you back down, you withdraw a claim, demand, or commitment that you made earlier, because other people are strongly opposed to it.
• bail out — If you bail someone out, you help them out of a difficult situation, often by giving them money.
• bow out — If you bow out of something, you stop taking part in it.
• capitulate — If you capitulate, you stop resisting and do what someone else wants you to do.
• cease — If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
• chicken out — If someone chickens out of something they were intending to do, they decide not to do it because they are afraid.
• collapse — If a building or other structure collapses, it falls down very suddenly.
• comply — If someone or something complies with an order or set of rules, they are in accordance with what is required or expected.
• cry uncle — a brother of one's father or mother.
• cut out — If you cut something out, you remove or separate it from what surrounds it using scissors or a knife.
• desist — If you desist from doing something, you stop doing it.
• despair — Despair is the feeling that everything is wrong and that nothing will improve.
• drop — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
• forswear — to reject or renounce under oath: to forswear an injurious habit.
• hand over — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
• leave off — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
• pull out — to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
• quit — to stop, cease, or discontinue: She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.
• relinquish — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
• resign — to give up an office or position, often formally (often followed by from): to resign from the presidency.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• waive — to refrain from claiming or insisting on; give up; forgo: to waive one's right; to waive one's rank; to waive honors.