take pity on

I waved my arms at the caravan guards and hoped they would take pity on me.

I stepped into the light of the doorway so he would see my monkish robes and maybe take pity on us.

He told BBC Scotland's The Sunday Show: "I am hoping the first minister will take pity on us and give us more money for Angus Council."

“I just have to have faith for a miracle to happen and the government to take pity on old people like me.”

A poor Caribbean couple in Paris take pity on their deposed president when they find him living in poverty and exile.