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bring to his knees

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  • bring to his/her knees — bring (someone) to his/her knees : to completely defeat or overwhelm (someone) The general vowed he would bring the enemy to their knees. often used figuratively The increase in oil prices could bring the economy to its knees. [=it could greatly… …   Useful english dictionary

  • bring one to his knees — v. humiliate, defeat …   English contemporary dictionary

  • bring someone to his/her knees — bring (someone) to his/her knees : to completely defeat or overwhelm (someone) The general vowed he would bring the enemy to their knees. often used figuratively The increase in oil prices could bring the economy to its knees. [=it could greatly… …   Useful english dictionary

  • bring — W1S1 [brıŋ] v past tense and past participle brought [bro:t US bro:t] [T] [: Old English; Origin: bringan] 1.) a) to take something or someone with you to the place where you are now, or to the place you are talking about →↑take ▪ Did you bring… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • bring someone to his — idi or her knees, to force someone into submission or compliance …   From formal English to slang

  • arch|fiend — «AHRCH FEEND», noun. 1. a chief fiend: »There has not yet been devised a way to bring to his knees the archfiend Time (New Yorker). 2. Also, Arch Fiend. the Devil as the chief of the infernal host; Satan …   Useful english dictionary

  • Lucky McDaniel — Bobby Lamar “Lucky” McDaniel (1925 – 1986) was a marksmanship instructor who taught what he called “instinct shooting” to bird hunters and peace officers off and on from 1953 until 1982, using a Daisy lever action air rifle BB gun without sights… …   Wikipedia

  • Josh White — Infobox musical artist Background = solo singer Instrument = Guitar Name = Josh White Img capt = Josh White in 1945 Born = February 11 1914 in Greenville, South Carolina (some sources incorrectly list his birthplace as Greensboro, NC) Died =… …   Wikipedia

  • Amidah — The Amidah (Hebrew: תפילת העמידה, Tefilat HaAmidah The Standing Prayer ), also called the Shmona Esre (שמנה עשרה, Shmonah Esreh The Eighteen [‏Blessings‏] ), is the central prayer of the Jewish liturgy. As Judaism s prayer par excellence , the… …   Wikipedia

  • Self-arrest — is a mountaineering related maneuver in which a climber that has fallen and is sliding down a snow or ice slope arrests (stops) the slide by himself without recourse to a rope or other belay system.Self arrest can be performed by using an ice axe …   Wikipedia

  • ADOPTION — ADOPTION, taking another s child as one s own. Alleged Cases of Adoption in the Bible The evidence for adoption in the Bible is so equivocal that some have denied it was practiced in the biblical period. (A) GENESIS 15:2–3. Being childless, Abram …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

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