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truckle to

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truck⋅le

1  [truhk-uhl]
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–verb (used without object), -led, -ling.
to submit or yield obsequiously or tamely (usually fol. by to): Don't truckle to unreasonable demands.
Origin:
1605–15; special use of obs. truckle to sleep on a truckle bed. See truckle 2

Related forms:
truckler, noun
truck⋅ling⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
grovel, bow, concede, kowtow.
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truckle  (n.)
"small wheel or roller," 1397, from Anglo-Fr. trocle, from L. trochlea "a small wheel, sheaf of a pulley," from Gk. trokhileia "a pulley," from trokhos "wheel," from trekhein "to run," from PIE base *dhregh- "to run" (cf. O.Ir. droch "wheel," Lith. pa-drosti "to run fast"). Truckle bed "small bed on wheels that can be stowed under a larger bed" is from 1459.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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