"take the knee" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "takes the knee",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taking the knee",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "took the knee",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taken the knee",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "take<,,took,taken> the knee"
      },
      "expansion": "take the knee (third-person singular simple present takes the knee, present participle taking the knee, simple past took the knee, past participle taken the knee)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "word": "take a knee"
        }
      ],
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2021 July 12, Mark Landler, quoting David Lammy, “After Defeat, England’s Black Soccer Players Face a Racist Outburst”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
          "text": "“This is why we take the knee,” David Lammy, a Labour Party member of Parliament who is Black, said on Twitter. “Praying for a better future — worthy of the values, beauty and respect exemplified by every single England player.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Hungary 0-4 England”, in BBC",
          "text": "In a match which contained several flashpoints in the crowd, including loud jeering when England's players took the knee before kick-off, objects being thrown and racist chanting, they came through a mediocre first half to take total control after the break and run out easy winners.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of take a knee"
      ],
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          "take a knee#English"
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      ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "take the knee"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "takes the knee",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taking the knee",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "took the knee",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taken the knee",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "take<,,took,taken> the knee"
      },
      "expansion": "take the knee (third-person singular simple present takes the knee, present participle taking the knee, simple past took the knee, past participle taken the knee)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "word": "take a knee"
        }
      ],
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2021 July 12, Mark Landler, quoting David Lammy, “After Defeat, England’s Black Soccer Players Face a Racist Outburst”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
          "text": "“This is why we take the knee,” David Lammy, a Labour Party member of Parliament who is Black, said on Twitter. “Praying for a better future — worthy of the values, beauty and respect exemplified by every single England player.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Hungary 0-4 England”, in BBC",
          "text": "In a match which contained several flashpoints in the crowd, including loud jeering when England's players took the knee before kick-off, objects being thrown and racist chanting, they came through a mediocre first half to take total control after the break and run out easy winners.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of take a knee"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "take a knee",
          "take a knee#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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    }
  ],
  "word": "take the knee"
}