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Verb: knuckle under  'nú-kul 'ún-du(r)
  1. Consent reluctantly
    "After hours of negotiation, the stubborn CEO finally knuckled under";
    - yield, give in, succumb, buckle under

Derived forms: knuckling under, knuckled under, knuckles under

Type of: accept, consent, go for