knuckle under v 1: consent reluctantly [syn: {yield}, {give in}, {succumb}, {knuckle under}, {buckle under}]
knuckle under \knuc`kle un"der\, v. i. To yield; to submit; -- usually used with to. [PJC]
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "knuckle under": accede, accept, acquiesce, assent, be agreeable, bow, capitulate, cave, comply, consent, defer, face the music, go along with, knock under, knuckle, knuckle down, live with it, not resist, obey, relent, resign, submit, succumb, swallow it, swallow the pill, take, take it