buckle under

• Verbo frasal usado para indicar ceder, desistir ou submeter-se sob pressão, estresse ou autoridade.

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

incontável · intransitivo · phrasal, inseparável

1. Yield or collapse under pressureinformal

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

   Ceder sob pressão

   • 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.

   Sinônimosbreak downcapitulatecave incollapsecrumplefoldgive waysubmitsuccumbyield

   Antônimosendurepersevereresistwithstand

Verbo basebuckle