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Meaning of Idiom ‘On Bended Knee’ On bended knee means humbly, or in a completely submissive or pleading manner; like a servant. 1Ammer, Christine. American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.,2Kirkpatrick, Elizabeth M. The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms. Ware: Wordsworth, 1995.,3Heacock, Paul. Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2010. Usage The actual idiom is on bended … Read more