get down on one knee
Example Sentences
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After an especially fun and rowdy women-tell-all special last week, it is finally time for Joey Graziadei to hand out his final rose and potentially get down on one knee.
From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2024
To me, the most bewildering part of the show is that moment when contestants get down on one knee and proposes to a person they've never before seen in real life.
From Salon • Apr. 13, 2023
Why get down on one knee when you can propose while skydiving more than 5,000 feet over Mount Everest?
From Washington Post • Feb. 14, 2023
The band's festival-closing set was the moment Zak chose to get down on one knee and pop the question - and, happily for Zak, Emily said yes.
From BBC • Sep. 1, 2022
I had heard some one say you must get down on one knee, as an attitude of respect, I presume, and hold the stock solidly and lovingly against the shoulder.
From Treading the Narrow Way by Barrett, R. E.
