Last Updated :2025/11/23

knuckle under

Verb
idiomatic intransitive
Japanese Meaning
圧力や強制に屈して譲歩すること / 強制された状況下で抵抗せず、従うこと
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投資家からの圧力が高まる中、CEOは即時のコスト削減を求める要求に屈することを拒んだ。

present singular third-person

participle present

participle past

past

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(intransitive, idiomatic) To yield or cooperate when pressured or forced to do so.

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knuckle under

Despite the mounting pressure from investors, the CEO refused to knuckle under to demands for immediate cost cuts.

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Despite the mounting pressure from investors, the CEO refused to knuckle under to demands for immediate cost cuts.

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