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at one's feet

ADJECTIVE

downtrodden

Synonyms

STRONGEST

destitute distressed exploited needy oppressed persecuted

WEAK

a slave to abject at one's beck and call at one's mercy have-not helpless in one's clutches in one's pocket in one's power led by the nose maltreated mistreated overcome subjugated subservient suppressed tyrannized under one's thumb underdog underfoot

Antonyms

STRONGEST

rich wealthy

WEAK

happy respected satisfied

ADJECTIVE

oppressed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abused destitute distressed enslaved exploited helpless persecuted

STRONG

burdened maltreated mistreated suppressed tormented tyrannized

WEAK

a slave to abject at one's mercy have-not subservient under one's thumb underfoot

ADJECTIVE

subject

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accountable apt conditional dependent exposed inferior liable likely prone secondary sensitive susceptible vulnerable

STRONG

captive collateral contingent controlled directed disposed enslaved governed open ruled satellite sub subaltern subjugated subordinate tributary

WEAK

bound by in danger of obedient provisional servile slavish submissive subservient substract tentative under

Antonyms

STRONGEST

first-class first-rate guarded inapt independent irresponsible protected safe superior unaccountable unlikely unsusceptible

STRONG

certain chief definite free primary sure

WEAK

master

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Liman denied Lively’s request for damages on the grounds that her lawyers used a legal shortcut, typically meant for calculating attorneys’ fees and minor court costs, to claim the money.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Every defendant we spoke to argued for compensation for attorneys’ fees.

From Slate • May 28, 2026

The city has now agreed to pay attorneys’ fees of $1.9 million to the plaintiffs and $300,000 to the intervenors’, covering additional time spent in negotiation.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

“My expectation is that for President Trump, the amount of attorneys’ fees and costs could run close to $5 million,” he told Atlanta news outlet 11Alive.

From Salon • Dec. 3, 2025

The claim is not worth what either one of you will pay out in attorneys' fees if you fight it out in the courts.'

From The Comstock Club by Goodwin, Charles Carroll

at one's feet

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