phrasetruckle[truckled, truckled, truckling] truckle to truckle to sbBrE old-fashioned formal to show too much respect to someone, in a way that shows you are prepared to do whatever they tell you or accept whatever they say: The president was accused of truckling to dictators.
truckle to (someone or something)
To be subservient to someone else; to assume a servile or obsequious manner toward someone. Those who truckle to their government without question will be the first to be exploited by it.It's very clear that the senators on this committee are truckling to the interests of major corporations.It won't help your career to truckle to the boss like that.
truckle to
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To be servile or submissive to someone or something: All the peasants in the fields truckled to the king.