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{
"etymology_text": "From the act of kneeling in submission before a person in power.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "brings to one's knees",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bringing to one's knees",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "brought to one's knees",
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "brought to one's knees",
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"past"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "bring<,,brought> to one's knees"
},
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
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"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entry maintenance"
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],
"glosses": [
"To defeat and make submit to orders."
],
"id": "en-bring_someone_to_their_knees-en-verb-SIaMJMS1",
"links": [
[
"defeat",
"defeat"
],
[
"submit",
"submit"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) To defeat and make submit to orders."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "alistaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "saada polvilleen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "panna polvilleen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "laittaa polvilleen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "mettre à genoux"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "mettere in ginocchio"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "rzucać na kolana"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "rzucić na kolana"
}
]
}
],
"word": "bring someone to their knees"
}
{
"etymology_text": "From the act of kneeling in submission before a person in power.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "brings to one's knees",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bringing to one's knees",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "brought to one's knees",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "brought to one's knees",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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{
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},
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
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"English idioms",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English verbs",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Translation table header lacks gloss"
],
"glosses": [
"To defeat and make submit to orders."
],
"links": [
[
"defeat",
"defeat"
],
[
"submit",
"submit"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) To defeat and make submit to orders."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "alistaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "saada polvilleen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "panna polvilleen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "laittaa polvilleen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "mettre à genoux"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "mettere in ginocchio"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "rzucać na kolana"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "rzucić na kolana"
}
],
"word": "bring someone to their knees"
}
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