knuckle
noun
a joint of a finger, especially one of the articulations of a metacarpal with a phalanx.
have knuckled
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present perfectof knuckle.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The cry, "Down with the Bastille," had succeeded that of "Down with traitors," and all the fainthearted section would have knuckled down.
From Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville by Lady Mary Sophia (Hely-Hutchinson) Loyd
I never thought Mr. Hume would have knuckled down so easily.
From In Search of the Okapi A Story of Adventure in Central Africa by Ernest Glanville
If my love was strong and fine I ought never to have knuckled under.
From We Three by Henry Hutt
His thoughts would run: "Anybody but me would have knuckled down to Duncalf and remained a shorthand clerk for ever."
From The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett
But I reckon I’d better have knuckled under.”
From Brand Blotters by Clarence H. (Clarence Herbert) Rowe
