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

The Spaniard escaped injury as she buckled under Packer's weight and the England flanker was immediately apologetic.

From BBC

Other soldiers we met also spoke of broken relationships and marriages that have buckled under the strain.

From BBC

BBC Panorama spent months in South Yorkshire meeting people already changing how they work, to see what it will take to fix a health service which is buckling under increasing demand.

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The biscuit began to buckle under the weight of its own layers, the folds getting too heavy, too thin.

From Salon

The knee ligament injury he suffered against Ireland, buckling under Beirne's weight at the breakdown, reminded us of his mortality.

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Related Words

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• capitulate 
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• cede 
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• concede 
• give up 
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• pull out 
• quit 
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• submit 
• surrender 
• yield