knuckle
noun
a joint of a finger, especially one of the articulations of a metacarpal with a phalanx.
had knuckled
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past perfectof knuckle.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Asked if it had knuckled on Outman, Marte was sympathetic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2023
Or would they say that he had knuckled under to the King to get himself the premiership?
From Time Magazine Archive
Whatever the outcome of a later fight might be, the fact that he had knuckled under to the agent could never be lived down.
From Hidden Gold by Wilder Anthony
By their light he saw why he had knuckled under so meekly, at the time of his first attempt.
From Australia Felix by Henry Handel Richardson
Both had listened to reason and had knuckled under rather than face possible lawsuits and certain publicity.
From Cap'n Warren's Wards by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
