get down on one's (hands and) knees

:  to gain possession of

:  to receive as a return :  earn

:  to obtain by concession or entreaty

:  something begotten:

:  offspring

:  the entire progeny of a male animal

:  a document of release from obligation in Jewish law

:  a bill of divorce

:  a religious divorce by Jewish law

:  toward or in a lower physical position

:  to a lying or sitting position

:  toward or to the ground, floor, or bottom

:  down (see ¹down) along, around, through, toward, in, into, or on

:  to cause to go or come down (see ¹down) : such as

:  to cause to fall by or as if by shooting :  bring down

:  consume

:  occupying a low position

:  lying on the ground

:  directed or going downward

:  descent, depression

:  an instance of putting down someone (such as an opponent in wrestling)

:  a complete play to advance the ball

:  an undulating usually treeless upland with sparse soil

:  a sheep of any breed originating in the downs of southern England

:  a covering of soft fluffy feathers

:  these feathers

:  something soft and fluffy like down

:  the terminal part of the vertebrate forelimb when modified (as in humans) as a grasping organ :  the body part at the end of the arm of a human, ape, or monkey

:  the forelimb segment (such as the terminal section of a bird's wing) of a vertebrate higher than the fishes that corresponds to the hand irrespective of its form or functional specialization

:  a part serving the function of or resembling a hand: such as

:  with the hands rather than by machine

:  to touch or manage with the hands

:  to deal with

:  furl

:  a joint in the middle part of the human leg that is the articulation between the femur, tibia, and patella

:  the part of the leg that includes this joint

:  the joint in the hind leg of a four-footed vertebrate that corresponds to the human knee

:  to strike with the knee

:  to bend the knee to