🙇truckle (trakel)

verb
/ˈtrʌk.əl/
se soumettre (se soumettre)

Signification

To submit or yield obsequiously to someone in power.
Traduction de la signification
Se soumettre ou céder servilement à quelqu'un en position de pouvoir.
Se soumettre ou céder servilement à quelqu'un en position de pouvoir.

Phrases d'exemple

He refused to truckle to the demands of the corrupt officials.

Il a refusé de se soumettre aux demandes des fonctionnaires corrompus.
Il a refusé de se soumettre aux demandes des fonctionnaires corrompus.

Synonymes

submit, yield, bow, surrender, obey

Antonymes

resist, defy, oppose

Collocations

truckle to authority, truckle under pressure, refuse to truckle

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