bring somebody to their knees
bring someone to their knees

It was the disease that had brought him to his knees.

A major online attack could bring a country to its knees.

And if that wasn't enough to bring a body to its knees, Richard didn't know what was.

But it was just one he found that brought him to his knees.

Then you won't have to bring him to his knees.

It would be good to bring them to their knees.

But if 1,000 or 10,000 people did that every day, it would bring the store to its knees.

They wanted at least to bring Iraq to its knees.

It would do them good to be brought to their knees once more.

They're going to bring this nation to its knees, they say.