buckle under

English

Verb

buckle under (third-person singular simple present buckles under, present participle buckling under, simple past and past participle buckled under)

  1. (intransitive, of a person) To reluctantly accept something (due to a source of social pressure).
  2. (intransitive, of a person's knees or a structure) To collapse.
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