Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is bend the knee and its meaning is “submit, knuckle under, kneel, bow down, kowtow, salaam”.
Example Sentence: Who is the head of state does matter. Birthright is not the right way to choose one. Parliament is the place to decide whether Britain needs a slimmed down monarchy – or one at all. There is an appeal to a sovereign standing above the fray in an age of political populism. But MPs should not bend the knee before inheritance and rank. Modern Britain has little need for trappings and privileges that belong to another age.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article The Guardian view on monarchy as religion: parliament should not bend the knee and click here to read it.
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