on one's knees
Example Sentences
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Well," Rusk replied, "these are questions that one approaches on one's knees.
From Time Magazine Archive
Still, one doesn’t care to get down on one’s knees to somebody, just because that somebody hates herself.
From Marjorie Dean, High School Junior by Lester, Pauline
—Monsieur le Curé, one only confesses on one's knees.
From The Grip of Desire by France, Hector
Help me, my king; one dropped on one's knees in the market-place: I am being injured overmuch!
From The Wind Bloweth by Donn-Byrne, Brian Oswald
Adj. requesting &c. v.; precatory†; suppliant, supplicant, supplicatory; postulant; obsecratory†. importunate, clamorous, urgent; cap in hand; on one's knees, on one's bended knees, on one's marrowbones.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
