English Explanatory Dictionary

knock under

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To acknowledge oneself conquered; to submit, to yield.
  2. To die.

Word forms

knock under knocks under knocking under knocked under

Etymology

Perhaps from the old practice of knocking under the table with the knuckles, when conquered. Compare knuckle under

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