bring to one's knees
Make one submit; reduce to a position of subservience. For example, Solitary confinement usually brings prisoners to their knees. This particular phrase dates only from the late 1800s, although there were earlier versions alluding to being on one's knees as a gesture of submission.
Words nearby bring to one's knees
bring to book,
bring to heel,
bring to life,
bring to light,
bring to mind,
bring to one's knees,
bring to pass,
bring to terms,
bring up,
bring up the rear,
bring up to date