- bring someone (or something) to their (or its) knees
- bring someone (or something) to their (or its) kneesreduce someone or something to a state of weakness or submission.→ knee
English new terms dictionary. 2014.
bring someone (or something) to their (or its) knees
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bring someone to their knees — bring (someone/something) to (their) knees to destroy or defeat someone or something. Sanctions were imposed in an attempt to bring the country to its knees. The strikes brought the economy to its knees … New idioms dictionary
bring something to their knees — bring (someone/something) to (their) knees to destroy or defeat someone or something. Sanctions were imposed in an attempt to bring the country to its knees. The strikes brought the economy to its knees … New idioms dictionary
bring someone to knees — bring (someone/something) to (their) knees to destroy or defeat someone or something. Sanctions were imposed in an attempt to bring the country to its knees. The strikes brought the economy to its knees … New idioms dictionary
bring something to its knees — bring (you/something) to (your/its) knees to defeat or stop someone or something. Severe oil shortages could bring our economy to its knees. They played a great game and brought our local basketball champs to their knees … New idioms dictionary
bring something to their knees — bring someone/something to their knees phrase to almost defeat someone, or to make them extremely weak The strike brought the government to its knees. Thesaurus: to defeat someone in a game, competition or argumentsynonym Main entry: knee … Useful english dictionary
bring you to its knees — bring (you/something) to (your/its) knees to defeat or stop someone or something. Severe oil shortages could bring our economy to its knees. They played a great game and brought our local basketball champs to their knees … New idioms dictionary
bring to its knees — bring (you/something) to (your/its) knees to defeat or stop someone or something. Severe oil shortages could bring our economy to its knees. They played a great game and brought our local basketball champs to their knees … New idioms dictionary
bring someone to their knees — bring someone/something to their knees phrase to almost defeat someone, or to make them extremely weak The strike brought the government to its knees. Thesaurus: to defeat someone in a game, competition or argumentsynonym Main entry: knee … Useful english dictionary
bring someone/something to their/its knees — reduce someone or something to a state of weakness or submission … Useful english dictionary
bring — W1S1 [brıŋ] v past tense and past participle brought [bro:t US bro:t] [T] [: Old English; Origin: bringan] 1.) a) to take something or someone with you to the place where you are now, or to the place you are talking about →↑take ▪ Did you bring… … Dictionary of contemporary English
