take the knee

English

Verb

take the knee (third-person singular simple present takes the knee, present participle taking the knee, simple past took the knee, past participle taken the knee)

  1. Alternative form of take a knee
    • 2021 July 12, Mark Landler, quoting David Lammy, “After Defeat, England’s Black Soccer Players Face a Racist Outburst”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:
      “This is why we take the knee,” David Lammy, a Labour Party member of Parliament who is Black, said on Twitter. “Praying for a better future — worthy of the values, beauty and respect exemplified by every single England player.”
    • 2021 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Hungary 0-4 England”, in BBC‎:
      In a match which contained several flashpoints in the crowd, including loud jeering when England's players took the knee before kick-off, objects being thrown and racist chanting, they came through a mediocre first half to take total control after the break and run out easy winners.

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