Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • On the knee or knees.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb rare On the knee.

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  • adverb archaic On the knees.

Etymologies

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a- +‎ knee

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Examples

  • After aknee injury in 1970 ended her gymnastics career, Joanne Kerns decided to try dancing and then moved on to acting.

    Five People Born on February 12 | myFiveBest 2010

  • Zabaleta hoping magic of Tevez can get him a World Cup ticket from MaradonaMan City home in on winger Di Maria as Chelsea pull plug on deal for £36m aceManchester City boosted by return of Vincent Kompany, Michael Johnson and BenjaniEmmanuel Adebayor backs Manchester City strike partner Carlos Tevez to rediscover that goal-den feeling However, his run of excellent displays was brought to an end by aknee injury that he picked up on international duty with Bulgaria.

    Football.co.uk news feed 2009

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