English Explanatory Dictionary

bring someone to their knees

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To defeat and make submit to orders.

Word forms

bring someone to their knees brings to one's knees bringing to one's knees brought to one's knees

Etymology

From the act of kneeling in submission before a person in power.

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