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on bended knee/knees

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on bended knee/knees (humorous)

if you ask for something on bended knee, you ask very politely or with a lot of emotion for something that you want very much. I had to go down on bended knee and beg my Dad to let me have the party. He begged me on bended knee to marry him.

See also: bended, knee

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