lower+one's+flag
131knock under — (Colloq.) Submit, yield, knuckle, give up, lower one s flag, kiss the rod, lick the dust, eat humble pie, draw in one s horns …
132submit — I. v. a. 1. Yield, surrender, resign, subject, give up. 2. Refer, commit. II. v. n. 1. Yield, surrender, succumb. 2. Yield, surrender, succumb, give up, knock under, lower one s flag, kiss the rod, lick the dust, eat humble pie, draw in one s… …
