(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

simple past tense and past participle of bring to one's knees