🙇truckle

verb
/ˈtrʌk.əl/

Meaning

To submit or yield obsequiously to someone in power.

Example Sentences

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

Synonyms

submit, yield, bow, surrender, obey

Antonyms

resist, defy, oppose

Collocations

truckle to authority, truckle under pressure, refuse to truckle

Related Vocabularies

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to take control or possession of a place or thing
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