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knuckle under knock under
surrender, surrender at discretion; cede, capitulate, come to terms, retreat, beat a retreat; draw in one's horns &c. (humility) 879; give way, give round, give in, give up; cave in; suffer judgment by default; bend, bend to one's yoke, bend before the storm; reel back; bend down, knuckle down, knuckle to, knuckle under; knock under.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

ka uwalo Ka uwalo
I paweo ai na maka o kuu haku, I kapu ai ka leo i ka uwalo, Ka uwalo hoi a kou mau pokii, Kou mau pokii kaikuahine hoi, E maliu mai.
— from The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by S. N. Haleole

kin u kin u
15 3 11, Quimí, u lob kin, u kin u nichco hun ahau, coh u nich (a bad day).
— from Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. by John L. Stephens

Keep up keep up
Keep up, keep up.
— from Interludes being Two Essays, a Story, and Some Verses by Horace Smith

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