English Explanatory Dictionary

take a knee

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To come to rest, usually briefly, with one of one's knees on the ground.
  2. Of any player with the ball, to kneel and place the ball on the ground, thereby ending the play and indicating they do not intend to advance with the ball.
  3. To cease performing customary activities or duties and kneel on one knee, sometimes as a form of protest.
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, knee.

Word forms

take a knee takes a knee taking a knee took a knee taken a knee take the knee

Related words

bend the knee kneel genuflect genuflect offense quarterback kneel victory formation
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