Collocations for "knuckle"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "knuckle" in context.
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knuckle
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- knuckle down to [work, business, studying]
- knuckle down for the [meeting, exam, test]
- knuckle down and [get started, finish] with
- the [children, students] knuckled down
- knuckle down for [a while, an hour]
- UK: [she, the defender, the challenger] knuckled under
- knuckled him in the [face, jaw, cheek]
- knuckled her [forehead, shoulders]
- knuckled her [sore, aching, painful] [forehead]
- knuckled the [pain, affected area]
- knuckled (his forehead) to [ease, soothe, get rid of] the pain
- a knuckle of [pork, veal, beef]
- rapped the [child, boy, girl, student] on the knuckles
- [tapped, knocked] on the [desk, door] with her knuckles
- cracked her knuckles
- hate the sound of cracking knuckles
- bit her knuckles in [shock, fear, frustration]
- the knuckle of my [index, little, ring] finger
- go on a white-knuckle ride
- was wearing knuckle [breakers, dusters]
- bare-knuckle [boxing, fighting, fighters]
- slang: gave him a knuckle sandwich!
- UK, slang, sexually explicit: was having a five-knuckle shuffle
'knuckle' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):