knuckle
61knuckle down — verb work very hard, like a slave • Syn: ↑slave, ↑break one s back, ↑buckle down • Derivationally related forms: ↑slave (for: ↑slave), ↑slavery ( …
62knuckle under — verb consent reluctantly (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑yield, ↑give in, ↑succumb, ↑buckle under • Derivationally related forms: ↑yielding (for: ↑yield) …
63Knuckle-walking — Gorillas, and chimpanzees, use a style of locomotion called knuckle walking, where they walk on all fours with the fingers of their forelimbs held in a partially flexed posture, putting pressure on their knuckles. Weight is borne on the back of… …
64Knuckle Down — Infobox Album | Name = Knuckle Down Type = studio Artist = Ani DiFranco Released = January 25, 2005 Recorded = Genre = Indie rock Folk rock Length = 57:07 Label = Righteous Babe Producer = Ani DiFranco Joe Henry Reviews = *Slant Magazine Rating|3 …
65Knuckle (disambiguation) — A knuckle is a joint on the hand.It may also refer to: *Knuckle (shipbuilding), a mechanism where the round projecting part of a hinge through which the pin is run, and in shipbuilding to an acute angle on some of the timbers. *Brass knuckles, a… …
66knuckle down — v. (D; intr.) to knuckle down to (to knuckle down to work) * * * [ nʌk(ə)l daʊn] (D;intr.) to knuckle down to (to knuckle down to work) …
67knuckle under — v. (D; intr.) ( to submit ) to knuckle under to (to knuckle under to an aggressor) * * * (D; intr.) ( to submit ) to knuckle under to (to knuckle under to an aggressor) …
68knuckle bone — noun 1》 a bone forming or corresponding to a knuckle. ↘a knuckle of meat. 2》 (knuckle bones) animal knuckle bones used in the game of jacks …
69knuckle under — PHRASAL VERB If you knuckle under, you do what someone else tells you to do or what a situation forces you to do, because you realize that you have no choice. [INFORMAL] [V P] It is arguable whether the rebels will knuckle under... [V P to n] The …
70knuckle under — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms knuckle under : present tense I/you/we/they knuckle under he/she/it knuckles under present participle knuckling under past tense knuckled under past participle knuckled under informal to do what someone… …
