truckle down

\ˈtrək- el \ · \ˈdau̇n\ - adjective

1. : relating to or working on the principle of truckle-down theory <truckle–down economics>

2. : relating to or being an effect caused gradually by remote or indirect influences leading up to the feeling of being run over by a truck

3. : The feeling that you've been hit by a truck by your governments poor decisions.

I am definately feeling the ill-effects of negative government truckle down now that my federal job has been furloughed.

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