Translations for „buckle under“ in the English » German Dictionary

buckle under VB intr

to buckle under [to sb/sth]

[jdm/etw] nachgeben

to buckle under pressure/to sb's demands

dem Druck/jds Forderungen nachgeben

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to buckle under pressure/to sb's demands

dem Druck/jds Forderungen nachgeben

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

With even just a tiny dent, it'll catastrophically buckle under your weight.

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If any of them buckle under the strain, those phones are culled before they are shipped, stopped from crossing seas, into shops, into pockets.

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From the commissioner's perspective, she can't buckle under the pressure and stand down.

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Servers that will handle the data produced not just by users but by homes and workplaces may buckle under the extra load.

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The caves began to form when earth movement caused the hard limestone to bend and buckle under the ocean and rise above the sea floor.

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They would buckle under the heel of a new, soon-to-be democratic government.

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There is a certain amount of pressure with everything but you try not to buckle under everything and you try to do your best.

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Power that can make you buckle under is only one kind of power and, ultimately, not the most transformative kind.

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Chefs, too, can buckle under the strain of early glory, and end their careers joylessly grinding out the greatest hits that won them fame.

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Movement adds concussive force to weight, increasing the likelihood that a poorly built leg will buckle under the strain.

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