go the knuckle
1near the knuckle — phrasal 1. : near the permitted, accepted, or tolerable limit of what can be said or done: as a. : verging on the border line between decency and indecency jokes that were embarrassingly near the knuckle b. : verging on what is offensive or… …
2near the knuckle — If something is near the knuckle, it is bit explicit or too close to the truth for comfort …
3near the knuckle — ► near the knuckle Brit. informal verging on being indecent or offensive. Main Entry: ↑knuckle …
4near the knuckle — adjective Risqué, sexual, suggestive of impropriety. So near the knuckle, I wonder they got past the censor …
5to the knuckle — devoid of resources All the meat has gone: It s to the knuckle. It s not MGM or anything. There s no money. (Bogarde, 1983) …
6be near the knuckle — British, informal if a joke or a remark is near the knuckle, it is about sex in a way that some people find offensive. Some of his jokes were a bit near the knuckle and, unfortunately, I was watching the show with my parents …
7near the knuckle Brit. — near the knuckle Brit. informal verging on the indecent or offensive. → knuckle …
8near the knuckle — See knuckle, near the …
9Go the knuckle — fight, especially with the fists …
10go the knuckle — Australian Slang fight, especially with the fists …
