All knuckles synonyms
knuckΒ·le
K k verb knuckles
- accede β If you accede to someone's request, you do what they ask.
- obey β to comply with or follow the commands, restrictions, wishes, or instructions of: to obey one's parents.
- buckle β A buckle is a piece of metal or plastic attached to one end of a belt or strap, which is used to fasten it.
- assent β If someone gives their assent to something that has been suggested, they formally agree to it.
- concede β If you concede something, you admit, often unwillingly, that it is true or correct.
- accommodate β If a building or space can accommodate someone or something, it has enough room for them.
- adapt β If you adapt to a new situation or adapt yourself to it, you change your ideas or behaviour in order to deal with it successfully.
- cringe β If you cringe at something, you feel embarrassed or disgusted, and perhaps show this feeling in your expression or by making a slight movement.
- truckle β to submit or yield obsequiously or tamely (usually followed by to): Don't truckle to unreasonable demands.
- withstand β to stand or hold out against; resist or oppose, especially successfully: to withstand rust; to withstand the invaders; to withstand temptation.
- appease β If you try to appease someone, you try to stop them from being angry by giving them what they want.
- fold β to confine (sheep or other domestic animals) in a fold.
- cede β 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.
- humor β hacker humour
- abide β to tolerate; put up with
- stoop β to bend the head and shoulders, or the body generally, forward and downward from an erect position: to stoop over a desk.
- quit β to stop, cease, or discontinue: She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.
- indulge β to yield to an inclination or desire; allow oneself to follow one's will (often followed by in): Dessert came, but I didn't indulge. They indulged in unbelievable shopping sprees.
- relinquish β to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
- tolerate β to allow the existence, presence, practice, or act of without prohibition or hindrance; permit.
- decease β death
- depart β When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place.
- collapse β If a building or other structure collapses, it falls down very suddenly.
- fall β 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.
- demise β The demise of something or someone is their end or death.
- pass β to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- go under β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- flake out β flake out, Slang. to fall asleep; take a nap.
- give out β to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- give up the ghost β the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons.
- pack it in β a group of things wrapped or tied together for easy handling or carrying; a bundle, especially one to be carried on the back of an animal or a person: a mule pack; a hiker's pack.
- cry uncle β a brother of one's father or mother.
- buckle under β If you buckle under to a person or a situation, you do what they want you to do, even though you do not want to do it.
- eat humble pie β humility forced upon someone, often under embarrassing conditions; humiliation.
- go along with β permit, consent to
- let go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- part with β a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- roll over β to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over, as a ball or a wheel.
- back down β If you back down, you withdraw a claim, demand, or commitment that you made earlier, because other people are strongly opposed to it.
- call it quits β to agree to end a dispute, contest, etc, agreeing that honours are even
- come to terms β to reach acceptance or agreement
- fold up β a part that is folded; pleat; layer: folds of cloth.
- knuckle under β a joint of a finger, especially one of the articulations of a metacarpal with a phalanx.
- endure β Suffer (something painful or difficult) patiently.
- humour β hacker humour
- expire β (of a document, authorization, or agreement) cease to be valid, typically after a fixed period of time.
- entrust β Assign the responsibility for doing something to (someone).
- give away β to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
noun knuckles
- knuckle-dusters β brass knuckles.
- knucks β Informal. knuckle.