bend the knee

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Verb

bend the knee (third-person singular simple present bends the knee, present participle bending the knee, simple past and past participle bent the knee)

1. (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

submit to another's authority

• Catalan: ajupir-se (ca), agemolir-se (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 順從／顺从 (zh) (shùncóng)

• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: polvistua (fi)
• French: courber l’échine (fr), se soumettre
• Greek:

  Ancient: γόνυ κάμπτω (gónu kámptō)

• Japanese: 膝を屈する (hiza o kussuru)
• Polish: iść na pasku impf