buckle under

Idioms and Phrases

Give way, collapse owing to stress, as in One more heavy snowfall and the roof may buckle under , or She buckled under the strain of two jobs . [Late 1500s]

Example Sentences

Did you buckle under the pressure to perform at the highest level?

From The Daily Beast

They would buckle under the heel of a new, soon-to-be democratic government.

From The Daily Beast

Trust im for makin is wife buckle under; es not a man to stand nonsense from anybody.

From Project Gutenberg

She went into her room, opened the cabinet, and hid the buckle under a pile of linen.

From Project Gutenberg

For greater lengths or loads the strut tends to bend or buckle under the load.

From Project Gutenberg

He knew that if he rose his knees would buckle under him; that if he drew out his revolver it would slip from his palsied fingers.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• abandon
• back down
• capitulate
• cave in
• cease
• cede
• comply
• concede
• give up
• hand over
• pull out
• quit
• relinquish
• submit
• surrender
• yield