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- 1 English
- 1.1 Pronunciation
- 1.2 Verb
- 1.2.1 Translations
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Pronunciation[edit]
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Verb[edit]
bend the knee (third-person singular simple present bends the knee, present participle bending the knee, simple past and past participle bent the knee)
- (idiomatic) To submit to another's authority.
2012, David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, “The North Remembers”, in Game of Thrones, season 2, episode 1, spoken by Stannis Baratheon (Stephen Dillane):
Joffrey, Renly, Robb Stark: they're all thieves. They'll bend the knee or I'll destroy them.
Translations[edit]
submit to another's authority
