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fall to one's knees

fall to one's knees verb: to collapse into a crouched kneeling position.

Verb

fall to one's knees (third-person singular simple present falls to one's knees, present participle falling to one's knees, simple past fell to one's knees, past participle fallen to one's knees)

  1. To collapse into a crouched kneeling position.
    • And then he dropped the pistol and fell to his knees and buried his face in his hands and began to cry violently, his shoulders heaving and his head bouncing and the exasperation of something having finally reached its end.2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 30, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 161
  2. (Internet, figuratively) To be in disbelief, or despair.

Forms of fall to one's knees

third-person singular presentfalls to one's knees
present participlefalling to one's knees
pastfell to one's knees
past participlefallen to one's knees

Questions about fall to one's knees

What does fall to one's knees mean?
Fall to one's knees means to collapse into a crouched kneeling position.
What part of speech is fall to one's knees?
Fall to one's knees is a verb.
What is the past tense of fall to one's knees?
The past tense of fall to one's knees is fell to one's knees.

Words near fall to one's knees in the dictionary

  1. fall through the cracks
  2. fall time
  3. fall times
  4. fall to
  5. fall to bits
  6. fall to one's knees
  7. fall to pieces
  8. fall to someone's lot
  9. fall to the ground
  10. fall together
  11. fall under

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