knuckle under to pressure
уступить давлению
He eventually knuckled under to pressure from his boss.
В конце концов он уступил давлению начальника.
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knuckle under
knuckle under
Meaning of knuckle under
English
to do what someone tells you to do
Русский
покорно делать то, что велят
Pronunciation
British English
/ˌnʌkəl ˈʌndə/
American English
/ˌnʌkəl ˈʌndɚ/
knuckle under with Russian translation
Сочетания со словом knuckle under
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14 сочетаний
Давление и требования
Pressure and demandsknuckle under to their demands
подчиниться их требованиям
They expected us to knuckle under to their demands.
Они ожидали, что мы подчинимся их требованиям.
- knuckle under to a bullyподчиниться задире
- knuckle under to an ultimatumподчиниться ультиматуму
Подчиниться или сопротивляться
Submission and resistanceknuckle under without a fight
подчиниться без сопротивления
Would you knuckle under without a fight?
Ты бы подчинился без сопротивления?
- refuse to knuckle underотказаться подчиняться
- finally knuckle underнаконец подчиниться
- be forced to knuckle underбыть вынужденным подчиниться
- expect someone to knuckle underожидать, что кто-то подчинится
- make someone knuckle underзаставить кого-то подчиниться
Начальство и власть
Bosses and authoritiesknuckle under to the management
подчиниться руководству
The workers wouldn't knuckle under to the management.
Рабочие не хотели подчиняться руководству.
knuckle under to the government
подчиниться правительству
The newspaper would not knuckle under to the government.
Газета не собиралась покорно подчиняться правительству.
- knuckle under to authorityподчиниться власти
- knuckle under to the bossподчиниться начальнику
knuckle under usage examples
🇬🇧English→🇷🇺Russian
He refused to knuckle under.
Он отказался подчиниться.
🇬🇧English→🇷🇺Russian
The kids finally knuckled under.
Дети наконец подчинились.
knuckle under synonyms
Related word breakdowns
What's the difference between knuckle under, give in, cave in, submit, and obey
ENI asked many times, and Mum finally gave in.
ENThe government caved in to the protesters.
S
🇬🇧English
submit
Accept authority; formal.
often
ENThey refused to submit to the new rules.
Advanced: broader words
O
🇬🇧English
obey
Do what you are told; no sense of reluctance.
often
ENSoldiers must obey orders.
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knuckle under meaning: what does it mean?
to do what someone tells you to do
knuckle under pronunciation: how do you pronounce it?
knuckle under is pronounced as /ˌnʌkəl ˈʌndə/. Audio is available on this page when the word has a recording.
knuckle under definition and sentence examples: how is it used in a sentence?
Он отказался подчиниться. Translation: He refused to knuckle under.
Is knuckle under part of Customer Communication vocabulary?
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