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"buckle under" is a correct and usable expression in written English.
It is often used to describe someone when they give in to pressure or stop resisting. For example: After months of public scrutiny, the politician finally decided to buckle under and resign from office.
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buckle under
verb
To reluctantly accept something, due to the pressure.
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"Some people buckle under pressure.
"Unions are not going to buckle under".
We started to buckle under the workload.
But they can buckle under pressure.
Or should they buckle under to E.U. diktat?
Mr Hayward could yet buckle under the pressure.
Refusing to buckle under pressure from the defence lawyer.
"Maybe they thought we'd buckle under poor publicity," he says.
I'm not saying Ulster will buckle under it but that's what we'll be trying.
Will the mass of Arabs continue to bite their lips and buckle under?
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If I do worry about the pressure, I'll buckle under the pressure.
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