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give a knee

give a knee verb: to act as second or bottleholder in a fight, the principal resting on the second's knee during the pauses between the rounds.

Verb

give a knee (third-person singular simple present gives a knee, present participle giving a knee, simple past gave a knee, past participle given a knee)

  1. To act as second or bottleholder in a fight, the principal resting on the second's knee during the pauses between the rounds.
    Synonyms:
    offer a knee

Synonyms of give a knee

Forms of give a knee

third-person singular presentgives a knee
present participlegiving a knee
pastgave a knee
past participlegiven a knee

Questions about give a knee

What does give a knee mean?
Give a knee means to act as second or bottleholder in a fight, the principal resting on the second's knee during the pauses between the rounds.
What part of speech is give a knee?
Give a knee is a verb.
What is the past tense of give a knee?
The past tense of give a knee is gave a knee.

Words near give a knee in the dictionary

  1. give a hang
  2. give a hell
  3. give a hoot
  4. give a hundred percent
  5. give a jackstraw
  6. give a knee
  7. give a light
  8. give a loose
  9. give a man a fish
  10. give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime
  11. give a monkey's

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