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单词 to take a knee
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to take a (also the) knee

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to take a (also the) knee.
a. To kneel; to go down on one knee, esp. as a sign of respect or (in later use) as a peaceful means of protesting against institutional racism.The practice of taking a knee as a form of protest was popularized by American Football player Colin Kaepernick, who chose to kneel rather than stand during prematch performances of the national anthem: see quot. 2017.
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the world > space > relative position > posture > action or act of kneeling > kneel or assume kneeling posture [verb (transitive)]
kneea1616
deflect1630
to take a (also the) knee1960
society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > militancy > be militant [verb (intransitive)] > demonstrate or protest > specific
to sit down1936
to sit in1937
sit1959
to take a (also the) knee1960
1960 State (Columbia, S. Carolina) 2 May b3/4 We all played for him. We all loved him. Now he's gone. So let's all take a knee for a moment of silence for our Rex Enright.
2004 Daily News (N. Y.) (Nexis) 8 Dec. 5 ‘Oh, my God!’ gasped Melissa Beck, as Joe Imperato took a knee and asked her to marry him. ‘Yes! Omigod!’
2017 Evening Standard (Nexis) 15 Dec. One of the most dignified rebellions of recent years started with Colin Kaepernick's taking the knee during the national anthem as a protest about the treatment of black men by police in the US.
2020 @RoyceWestTX 30 May in twitter.com (accessed 16 June 2020) Tonight, in downtown Dallas, I encouraged peaceful citizen protesters to #TakeAKnee to protest the death of #GeorgeFloyd and other black men and women killed at the hands of police.
b. American Football. Of a player in possession of the ball, esp. the quarterback or the receiver of a kick: to down the ball intentionally by kneeling on one knee; cf. down v.1 7.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > play American football [verb (transitive)] > actions to ball
return1884
snap1887
drive1889
centre1895
to turn over1921
convert1932
lateral1932
snag1942
shovel pass1948
bootleg1951
squib1966
to take a (also the) knee1972
spike1976
1972 Thomasville (Georgia) Times-Enterprise 11 Nov. 9/1 Raines instructed Gaston to take a knee in the endzone for a safety, so that the Bulldogs could free kick from the 20.
1994 Denver Post 20 Nov. b12/4 Instead of taking a knee and running out the clock, Vena tried a pitchout.
2018 Chico (Calif.) Enterprise-Record (Nexis) 8 Sept. b2 A few first downs later, REV quarterback Myles Herrera was taking a knee to run out the clock on a hard-fought Wildcats victory.
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