Meaning of fall to one's knees | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To collapse into a crouched kneeling position.
2. To be in disbelief, or despair.
   Internet, figuratively

Examples

“And then he dropped the pistol and fell to his knees and buried his face in his hands and began to cry violently, his shoulders heaving and his head bouncing and the exasperation of something having finally reached its end.”

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