"knock under" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps from the old practice of knocking under the table with the knuckles, when conquered. Compare knuckle under",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "knocks under",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knocking under",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knocked under",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knocked under",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "knock under (third-person singular simple present knocks under, present participle knocking under, simple past and past participle knocked under)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "93 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "87 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"under\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "91 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "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; […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To acknowledge oneself conquered; to submit, to yield."
      ],
      "id": "en-knock_under-en-verb-hTRF76ou",
      "links": [
        [
          "acknowledge",
          "acknowledge"
        ],
        [
          "conquer",
          "conquer"
        ],
        [
          "submit",
          "submit"
        ],
        [
          "yield",
          "yield"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, dated) To acknowledge oneself conquered; to submit, to yield."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To die."
      ],
      "id": "en-knock_under-en-verb-jx6TKsZL",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, dated, slang) To die."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "intransitive",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "knock under"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs formed with \"under\"",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps from the old practice of knocking under the table with the knuckles, when conquered. Compare knuckle under",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "knocks under",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knocking under",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knocked under",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knocked under",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "knock under (third-person singular simple present knocks under, present participle knocking under, simple past and past participle knocked under)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "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; […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To acknowledge oneself conquered; to submit, to yield."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "acknowledge",
          "acknowledge"
        ],
        [
          "conquer",
          "conquer"
        ],
        [
          "submit",
          "submit"
        ],
        [
          "yield",
          "yield"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, dated) To acknowledge oneself conquered; to submit, to yield."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To die."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, dated, slang) To die."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "intransitive",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "knock under"
}