Thesaurus / bring to knees
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synonyms for bring to knees
- humble
- humiliate
- bring low
- take down a notch
- take down a peg
- bend to one's will
- bring to one's knees
- subdue
- rout
- crush
- quell
- overthrow
- surmount
- vanquish
- subjugate
- control
- lick
- thwart
- reduce
- total
- prevail
- zap
- cream
- circumvent
- overpower
- outwit
- master
- whip
- checkmate
- override
- trash
- humble
- beat
- frustrate
- succeed
- worst
- throw
- discomfit
- drub
- foil
- clobber
- triumph
- shut down
- overmaster
- get the better of
- trample underfoot
- wipe off map
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antonyms for bring to knees
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- give up
- fail
- help
- encourage
- yield
- lose
- win
- forfeit
- succumb
- retreat
- capitulate
- assist
- aid
- relinquish
- give in
- surrender
- release
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
How to use bring to knees in a sentence
Each day she resolved, "To-morrow I will tell Felipe;" and when to-morrow came, she put it off again.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSONAll the operations of her brain related themselves somehow to to-morrow afternoon.
HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETTIt is the dramatic impulse of childhood endeavouring to bring life into the dulness of the serious hours.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYAt the sight, Felipe flung himself on his knees before her; he kissed the aged hands as they lay trembling in her lap.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSON"Buy something for your wife that-is-to-be," he said to his grand-nephew, as he handed him the folded paper.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSWhen he gets quite large the boy will get tired of having him for a pet, and perhaps bring him back.
SQUINTY THE COMICAL PIGRICHARD BARNUMThe offspring of the ungodly shall not bring forth many branches, and make a noise as unclean roots upon the top of a rock.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSThere is cause for alarm when they bring one hundred and ten ships into these seas without any means of resistance on our part.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, 1493-1898, VOLUME XX, 1621-1624VARIOUSSomething remote and ancient stirred in her, something that was not of herself To-day, something half primitive, half barbaric.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOODThe blind Samson of labor will seize upon the pillars of society and bring them down in a common destruction.
THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICESTEPHEN LEACOCKWORDS RELATED TO BRING TO KNEES
- beat
- bring to knees
- checkmate
- circumvent
- clobber
- control
- cream
- crush
- discomfit
- drub
- foil
- frustrate
- get the better of
- humble
- lick
- master
- outwit
- overmaster
- overpower
- override
- overthrow
- prevail
- quell
- reduce
- rout
- shut down
- subdue
- subjugate
- succeed
- surmount
- throw
- thwart
- total
- trample underfoot
- trash
- triumph
- vanquish
- whip
- wipe off map
- worst
- zap
- beat
- brought to knees
- checkmated
- circumvented
- clobbered
- controlled
- creamed
- crushed
- discomfited
- drubbed
- foiled
- frustrated
- got the better of
- humbled
- licked
- mastered
- outwitted
- overmasted
- overpowered
- overrode
- overthrew
- prevailed
- quelled
- reduced
- routed
- shut down
- subdued
- subjugated
- succeeded
- surmounted
- threw
- thwarted
- totaled
- trample underfoot
- trashed
- triumphed
- vanquished
- whipped
- wiped off map
- worsted
- zapped
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.