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
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
I knew the monarchy was rotten—rotten to the very core; but I said, Better to die in the street � cheval than behind the arras on one's knees.
From Tony Butler by Lever, Charles James
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
V. cringe, bow, stoop, kneel, bend the knee; fall on one's knees, prostrate oneself; worship &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
