"knock under" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: knocks under [present, singular, third-person], knocking under [participle, present], knocked under [participle, past], knocked under [past]
Etymology: Perhaps from the old practice of knocking under the table with the knuckles, when conquered. Compare knuckle under Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} knock under (third-person singular simple present knocks under, present participle knocking under, simple past and past participle knocked under)
  1. (intransitive, dated) To acknowledge oneself conquered; to submit, to yield. Tags: dated, intransitive
    Sense id: en-knock_under-en-verb-hTRF76ou Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "under", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "under": 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8
  2. (intransitive, dated, slang) To die. Tags: dated, intransitive, slang
    Sense id: en-knock_under-en-verb-jx6TKsZL
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          "ref": "1823, [James Fenimore Cooper], chapter XIV, in The Pioneers, or The Sources of the Susquehanna; […], volume II, New York, N.Y.: Charles Wiley; […], →OCLC, page 209:",
          "text": "I pull the second best trigger in this county. I knock under to Natty Bumppo there, sin' he shot the pigeon.",
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          "ref": "1852, William Makepeace Thackeray, “I Come to an End of My Battles and Bruises”, in The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. […] , volume III, London: […] Smith, Elder, & Company, […], →OCLC, page 4:",
          "text": "When he heard this news of Beatrix's engagement, Colonel Eſmond knocked under to his fate, and reſolved to ſurrender his ſword, that could win him nothing now he cared for; […]",
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        "To acknowledge oneself conquered; to submit, to yield."
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        "(intransitive, dated) To acknowledge oneself conquered; to submit, to yield."
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