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on one's knees (not comparable)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, one, knee.
- (idiomatic) On the verge of collapse; at the mercy of someone.
2011 January 22, “Man Utd 5 - 0 Birmingham”, in BBC:Hungry Berbatov then converted a Giggs cross for his third before Nani slotted a fifth with Birmingham on their knees.
2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 38:The accepted view is that at the end of hostilities in 1945, the railways were on their knees.
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