What does on one's knees mean?

on one's knees

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.97 in modern English

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"For god’s love do not turn away—if you have knowledge. We suppliants implore you on our knees."
"Hungry Berbatov then converted a Giggs cross for his third before Nani slotted a fifth with Birmingham on their knees."
"The accepted view is that at the end of hostilities in 1945, the railways were on their knees."
"“We will not live on our knees, and you shouldn’t either,” he said."

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