(chiefly US, idiomatic) Stuck in a predicament; mired in a difficult situation, especially one resulting from poor judgment or bad leadership.

(idiomatic) To defeat and make submit to orders.

With one's body bent over so that the knees and palms of the hands are touching the floor.

To collapse into a crouched kneeling position.

plural of beach thick-knee

plural of great thick-knee

plural of bush thick-knee

plural of Eurasian thick-knee

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bring to one's knees

present participle of bring to one's knees