antaa periksi — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bend verb To force something into a curved or angled shape.
- buckle noun A clasp with a hinged pin, used to fasten a belt or strap.
- budge verb To move even slightly, especially from a fixed position.
- capitulate verb To stop resisting and agree to the other side's terms; to surrender.
- cave noun A natural hollow space underground or in the side of a cliff or hill.
- concede verb To admit, often reluctantly, that something is true.
- fold verb To bend something, especially paper or fabric, over on itself.
- give verb To hand over or transfer something to someone.
- give up phrasal verb To stop trying to do something because it has become too hard or seems hopeless.
- remit verb To send money, especially as a payment.
- renounce verb To formally give up a right, title, or claim.
- succumb verb To give in to something overpowering, such as pressure, temptation, or illness.
Senses
antaa periksi is used for these senses in English:
- bend (transitive) To force to submit.
- buckle (figurative) Of a person: to (suddenly) cease resisting pressure or stress; to give in or give way, to yield.
- budge (intransitive) To move; to be shifted from a fixed position.
- budge (transitive) To move; to shift from a fixed position.
- budge To yield in one’s opinions or beliefs.
- capitulate (intransitive, originally only in military setting) To surrender on stipulated terms, end all resistance, give up, go along with or comply. [from the end of the 17th c.]
- cave (figurative) To surrender.
- concede To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant
bend — full definition
- verb To force something into a curved or angled shape.
- verb To curve or change direction.
- verb To lean or stoop the body.
- verb To adapt rules or facts to suit a purpose.
- noun A curve, turn, or angle.
buckle — full definition
- noun A clasp with a hinged pin, used to fasten a belt or strap.
- verb To fasten something with a buckle.
- verb To bend or collapse under pressure.
- verb To give in to pressure or stress; to stop resisting.