buckle under

• Verbe à particule signifiant céder, se soumettre ou succomber sous la pression, la contrainte ou l'autorité, ou fléchir physiquement ou moralement sous un poids.

A phrasal verb used to indicate yielding, collapsing, or giving way under pressure, strain, or authority.

indénombrable · intransitif · phrasal, inséparable

1. Yield or collapse under pressureinformal

   To give in or fail due to stress, pressure, or difficulty.

   Céder sous la pression

   • He buckled under the pressure of the final exam.
   • The team buckled under the weight of their opponents' attack.
   • She refused to buckle under the demands of her boss.

   Synonymesbreak downcapitulatecave incollapsecrumplefoldgive waysubmitsuccumbyield

   Antonymesendurepersevereresistwithstand

Verbe de basebuckle