to bring someone to their knees; in the reflexive form, to kneel
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to bring someone to their knees; in the reflexive form, to kneelMettere qualcuno in ginocchio can mean to force someone physically onto their knees or to defeat or overwhelm them. Mettersi in ginocchio means to kneel or get down on one’s knees.