Goodafter Noon
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I just want to know this sentence "Knock us to our knees" ----- meaning?? Thank you in advance
"Knock us to our knees" meaning??
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Do you have a context for us?
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Every challenge we take on has the power to knock us to our knees.
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It means "has the power to defeat us".
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To bring somebody to their knees is more common.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/bring-sb-sth-to-their-knees
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/bring-sb-sth-to-their-knees
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