buckle under

1. 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

Treasurys sparked alarm that the bond market might finally be buckling under the pressure of outsize U.S. borrowing.

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The wooden machine they are building is sure to buckle under that much weight.

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But the American buckled under the pressure in the 12th game, as two wild unforced errors helped bring up three set points for Alcaraz.

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's government presents its first budget on Tuesday, a spending plan he says will provide "the answer" for an economy starting to buckle under US tariffs.

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As much of Europe buckles under the weight of mass tourism, Georgia is only now getting in on the action in earnest.

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Related Words

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