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Meaning of knock under | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To acknowledge oneself conquered; to submit, to yield.
    dated, intransitive
  2. To die.
    dated, intransitive, slang

Equivalents

Deutsch über die Wupper gehen

Examples

“I pull⟳ the second best trigger in this county. I knock⟳ under to Natty Bumppo there, sin' he shot the pigeon.”
“When he heard this news of Beatrix's engagement, Colonel Eſmond knocked under to his fate, and reſolved to ſurrender his ſword, that could win⟳ him nothing now he cared for; […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

knock up knock wood knock-knock knock-knocked knock-knocking knock-knocks

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