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Definition: Knuckle Down |
Knuckle DownVerb1. Work very hard, like a slave. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Knuckle DownSynonyms: break one's back (v), buckle down (v), slave (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Submission | Surrender, surrender at discretion; cede, capitulate, come to terms, retreat, beat a retreat; draw in one's horns; (humility); give way, give round, give in, give up; cave in; suffer judgment by default; bend, bend to one's yoke, bend before the storm; reel back; bend down, knuckle down, knuckle to, knuckle under; knock under. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Expression using "knuckle down": knuckle down to. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "knuckle down"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pustit se. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zupacken (get down to work, grab it), sich dahinterklemmen (buckle down). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | στρώνομαι. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kezét a földre támasztja (to knuckle down), hozzáfog vminek (to knuckle down to sg, to knuckle to sg), alaposan nekilát vminek (to knuckle down to sg, to knuckle to sg). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uckleknay ownday se apuca serios de (knuckle down to). (various references) ponerse a (address oneself to, proceed, set about), dedicarse a (be engaged, embrace, engage in, go in for, take up). (various references) foga sig (knuckle under, submit to), böja sig (be curved, bend, incurve, knuckle under, stoop). (various references) เริ่มทำงานหนัก. (various references) teslim olmak (capitulate, give in, give oneself up, knuckle under, lay down arms, lay down one's arms, resign, resign oneself to, surrender), pes etmek (cave, cry uncle, give up, knuckle under, succumb, surrender, throw in the towel, throw up the sponge), boyun eğmek (bend, bend the knee, bow, bow down, buckle, buckle under, cave, comply, comply with, give way, indulge, knuckle under, resign oneself to, sit down under, submit, surrender, truckle). (various references) рішуче взятися, підкорятися (bow, comply, conform, knuckle under, obey, submit, tame), поступатися (admit, attribute, cede, comply, concede, give ground, give in, knuckle under, listen, relinquish, retreat, surrender, yield). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-k-k-l-n-n-o-u-w" | |
-3 letters: knuckled, unlocked. | |
-4 letters: clonked, clowned, clunked, enwound, knocked, knuckle, nucleon, unowned, wedlock. | |
-5 letters: cloned, conked, conned, cowled, konked, leukon, locked, louden, lucked, nocked, nodule, nuncle, undock, undone, unkend, unlock, wonned. | |
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