I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a knee/heart/stomach etc operation
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He is almost back to full fitness after a knee operation.
ankle/knee socks
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The girls wore navy dresses and white ankle socks.
bring sth/sb to their knees (= make it almost impossible for sb/sth to continue )
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A severe drought brought the country to its knees.
chest/waist/knee etc high (= as high as your chest etc )
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The grass was knee-high.
fall to/on your knees (= move down to the ground so that your body is resting on your knees )
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She fell to her knees beside his body.
heart/knee/brain etc surgery
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She is now fit again after knee surgery.
hug your knees/arms/legs etc
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Sarah sat on the floor, hugging her knees.
knee breeches
knee cap
knee/elbow/shin/shoulder pad (= a pad that you wear to protect a part of your body when you are playing a sport )
knee/neck/hip/elbow etc joint
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a permanently damaged knee joint
made...go weak at the knees
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His smile made her go weak at the knees .
neck/back/knee brace (= a brace that supports the neck etc )
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He was being fitted for a back brace.
on your hands and knees (= in a crawling position )
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They got down on their hands and knees to search.
sank to...knees (= he went down into a kneeling position )
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The minister sank to his knees and prayed.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
bended
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Resting his weight on his bended knee , he was staring motionless over a precipice towards the lake.
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We need not crawl on bended knees .
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Oh ... I am looking for a people who will come on bended knee .
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And they vote and they vote and the politicians come on bended knees .
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He wouldn't go to Wyvis Hall now if Adam invited him, if he went down on his bended knees .
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On bended knee I ask you to ponder this phenomenon.
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I bet you beg for it on bended knees !
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Perhaps it was all of that singing on bended knees or from seated positions.
left
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Reverse as your right elbow touches your left knee , turning to see the left side.
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Barton had problems with his left knee in training camp at Rocklin.
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With your hands lightly placed at the sides of your head, sit up to touch left knee with right elbow.
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Center Chris Dalman sprained his left knee .
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Look at the bend in his left knee: it is an indication of how crouched and low you should be.
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They stripped off his clothes, and that was when he saw that his left knee was shattered.
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Kneel on your left knee , head down.
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Semenik tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee Saturday.
right
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Cross left foot over right knee .
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The bruised right knee that hampered him until last week apparently is quite well.
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As the hands go down to the floor, the right knee is cocked up near the right shoulder.
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Charles Smith has missed the last five games with a chronically sore right knee .
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He had a punk haircut and used his right knee to drive down the middle of the road.
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A senior, Anchrum missed 33 games after reconstructive surgery on his right knee .
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Trent kicked at the man's right knee .
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Phoenix center Hot Rod Williams left the game with a strained right knee and played only seven minutes.
weak
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Now we know the real meaning of going weak at the knees .
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Chef Michael Almos' creations may leave you weak in the knees .
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Instead, here she was, going weak at the knees like an adolescent schoolgirl.
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Or we would shower in our bathroom, whose tiles and design would make Martha Stewart weak at the knees .
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A quick bit of mental arithmetic was enough to make Chrissy weak at the knees .
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Pain and nausea swept over him in waves that left him hot and sticky and weak at the knees .
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The idea makes me feel weak at the knees .
■ NOUN
injury
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Only McManaman, with a serious knee injury , will still be on the sidelines when they return to Villa Park tonight.
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A couple of knee injuries put a damper on his football career.
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By spring practice, tailback Skip Hicks is expected to be fully recovered from knee injuries .
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Originally from Plymouth, she was a very keen squash and tennis player before suffering a knee injury at skiing.
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Saunders won just four games in 1997, his season slowed by a knee injury .
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One year, thanks to a knee injury , I went on crutches.
surgery
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Inspiration Four hamstring operations and two bouts of knee surgery later, Ian Snodin is back and back in central midfield.
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Jenkins made his first 1996 appearance on Sunday, after recovering from arthroscopic knee surgery he had last month.
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Carl Bradshaw starts for United, but Brian Gayle is out after knee surgery .
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McElroy has the breakaway speed that seems to have eluded Hearst since knee surgery during his rookie season.
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But now his injuries have caught up with him, despite a brave battle to recover from recent knee surgery .
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And the Suns may get forward Danny Manning, who is recovering from knee surgery , back soon.
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Stoke, still searching for a League win, recall £250,000 front-man Biggins, fit after knee surgery .
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He started the majority of games in the final two months of the season as Clyde Drexler recovered from knee surgery .
■ VERB
bend
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Still lying down, bend the knees and raise the legs. 9.
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Lie flat, bend the knees then straighten the legs upwards so that they are at right angles to your body. 14.
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Many beginners have difficulty in bending the knee , and I don't mean to their art tutor!
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Red bends her knees and pushes off, pretending to take a shot.
fall
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She stumbled and fell to her knees .
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He fell to his knees before her.
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Francis Lee received a little kick and fell on his knees .
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She fell on her knees before them and begged them to take her with them.
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Too fast for his shorter legs and he fell on his knees .
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A woman, gone faint, fell to her knees .
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Von Stein had fallen to his knees , and stared dazedly about him at the ruined lab.
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One man fell to his knees as the Archbishop drew near.
hug
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She retreated back downstairs, and climbed on to the mildewed sofa, hugging her knees up to her chin.
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Petey finally sat down on the bank and faced the lake hugging his knees .
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She leaned forward, hugging her knees .
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Wet as a water rat, she sat hugging her knees .
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She sat in the chair, hugging her knees , staring at Stephen as if he were an enemy.
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Joseph hugged his knees by the fire.
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Emmie sat at his feet, silently hugging her knees .
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He sat with his back to the pale bark of a birch and hugged his knees to his chest.
injure
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One has been slowed by an injured knee: cornerback Deon Figures.
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Superman never would have injured his knee in the first place.
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He picked up 73 yards on 14 rushes before injuring a knee while playing defense in the third quarter.
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Sharpe had injured a knee in a game a few weeks earlier.
raise
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To raise her knees would cause the ropes securing her body to cut into her flesh.
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He drove with his left pants leg raised above the knee .
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Lying on your back, raise the knees towards the chest.
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He raised himself to his knees .
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Lying down with hands at either side of your head, raise your knees and cross the ankles.
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Still lying on the floor, raise your knees and cross the ankles.
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The second your feet touch the water you raise your knees and crumple into a ball.
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The right leg is raised to about knee height and is then thrust sharply backwards at the opponent.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a trick knee/ankle/shoulder etc
be the bee's knees
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I think that show is just the bee's knees.
draw your knees up
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He drew his knees up, preparing himself to fight off any further attack.
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Paige drew her knees up inside the bag, resting her chin on them.
knee/hip/joint replacement
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A prosthesis used in a joint replacement costs between $ 5,000 and $ 10,000.
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Carrying out the precision drilling in a delicate hip replacement operation is the world's first robotic surgeon.
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For those over 65, it is knee or hip replacement .
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I had been having trouble with arthritis for years, and nine years ago had a hip replacement .
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Just two months ago, he underwent bowel and hip replacement surgery that cost $ 120, 000.
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One person's hip replacement operation certainly prevents the busy surgeon from doing something else at the same time.
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She has undergone three hip replacement surgeries in the last three years.
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With 40,000 hip replacements a year, making joints is big business, now mostly done by multi-nationals companies.
learn/be taught sth at your mother's knee
on bended knee
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George asked her to marry him on bended knee.
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The TV network begged her on bended knee to return to the program.
twist your ankle/wrist/knee
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As he fell, he twisted his ankle.
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Harriet slipped on the stairs and twisted her ankle.
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If I had twisted my ankle, would people be making such a big deal of it?
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One morning as she was rushing back to the changing rooms one of the models slipped and twisted her ankle.
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She twisted her ankle while getting off the lift and had made the long trip down in pain.
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Twice in the morning he left the field, limping and in pain after twisting his knee.
water on the brain/knee
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The youngster was destined to follow many of his ancestors by dying from the family curse hydrocephalus water on the brain.
weak at the knees
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A quick bit of mental arithmetic was enough to make Chrissy weak at the knees.
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Instead, here she was, going weak at the knees like an adolescent schoolgirl.
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Now we know the real meaning of going weak at the knees.
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Or we would shower in our bathroom, whose tiles and design would make Martha Stewart weak at the knees.
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Pain and nausea swept over him in waves that left him hot and sticky and weak at the knees.
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The idea makes me feel weak at the knees.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Billy's jeans had holes in both knees.
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Diaz's leg had to be amputated at the knee .
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The only thing I remember from my ski lessons was "keep your knees bent."
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And bringing an already faltering economy to its knees, transport workers brought the country to a virtual standstill in December.
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Carrington did not suit up because of his sore knee .
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Desmond Fairchild, paddling through the spotlights, his trousers rolled up to his hairy knees, shouted something at her.
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It feathered her skin with goosebumps, doubled her pulse-rate, melted her knees.
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She could, according to Marian, balance on her hands with her knees drawn up close to her chest.
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Surrounded by breathing, close enough to neighbours to touch knees.
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Was it because I too went down on to my knees into the dirt to find a lost one?
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We need not crawl on bended knees.
II. verb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a trick knee/ankle/shoulder etc
be the bee's knees
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I think that show is just the bee's knees.
knee/hip/joint replacement
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A prosthesis used in a joint replacement costs between $ 5,000 and $ 10,000.
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Carrying out the precision drilling in a delicate hip replacement operation is the world's first robotic surgeon.
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For those over 65, it is knee or hip replacement .
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I had been having trouble with arthritis for years, and nine years ago had a hip replacement .
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Just two months ago, he underwent bowel and hip replacement surgery that cost $ 120, 000.
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One person's hip replacement operation certainly prevents the busy surgeon from doing something else at the same time.
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She has undergone three hip replacement surgeries in the last three years.
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With 40,000 hip replacements a year, making joints is big business, now mostly done by multi-nationals companies.
learn/be taught sth at your mother's knee
water on the brain/knee
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The youngster was destined to follow many of his ancestors by dying from the family curse hydrocephalus water on the brain.
weak at the knees
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A quick bit of mental arithmetic was enough to make Chrissy weak at the knees.
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Instead, here she was, going weak at the knees like an adolescent schoolgirl.
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Now we know the real meaning of going weak at the knees.
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Or we would shower in our bathroom, whose tiles and design would make Martha Stewart weak at the knees.
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Pain and nausea swept over him in waves that left him hot and sticky and weak at the knees.
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The idea makes me feel weak at the knees.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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She struggled free and kneed her attacker in the groin.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He must have felt that Fate, having knocked him down, had nipped back to knee him in the nuts.