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throw oneself on someone's mercy

throw oneself on someone's mercy verb: to put oneself in a situation where someone else is in a position to rescue or forgive one.

Verb

throw oneself on someone's mercy (third-person singular simple present throws oneself on someone's mercy, present participle throwing oneself on someone's mercy, simple past threw oneself on someone's mercy, past participle thrown oneself on someone's mercy)

  1. To put oneself in a situation where someone else is in a position to rescue or forgive one.

Forms of throw oneself on someone's mercy

third-person singular presentthrows oneself on someone's mercy
present participlethrowing oneself on someone's mercy
pastthrew oneself on someone's mercy
past participlethrown oneself on someone's mercy

Questions about throw oneself on someone's mercy

What does throw oneself on someone's mercy mean?
Throw oneself on someone's mercy means to put oneself in a situation where someone else is in a position to rescue or forgive one.
What part of speech is throw oneself on someone's mercy?
Throw oneself on someone's mercy is a verb.
What is the past tense of throw oneself on someone's mercy?
The past tense of throw oneself on someone's mercy is threw oneself on someone's mercy.

Words near throw oneself on someone's mercy in the dictionary

  1. throw one's weight around
  2. throw one's weight behind
  3. throw oneself at
  4. throw oneself behind
  5. throw oneself into
  6. throw oneself on someone's mercy
  7. throw open
  8. throw out
  9. throw out the baby with the bath water
  10. throw out the baby with the bathwater
  11. throw over

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