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down on one's knees

down on one's knees phrase: begging or pleading for something desperately.

Phrase

down on one's knees

  1. Begging or pleading for something desperately.
    • Wake up, kids, we got the dreamer’s disease / Age fourteen, they got you down on your knees / So polite, we’re busy still saying please1997, “You Get What You Give”, in Maybe You’ve Been Brainwashed Too, performed by the New Radicals

Questions about down on one's knees

What does down on one's knees mean?
Down on one's knees means begging or pleading for something desperately.
What part of speech is down on one's knees?
Down on one's knees is a phrase.

Words near down on one's knees in the dictionary

  1. down line
  2. down lines
  3. down low
  4. down lows
  5. down mattress
  6. down on one's knees
  7. down on one's luck
  8. down on one's uppers
  9. down pat
  10. down payment
  11. down payments

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