[Ads-l] Query: "take a knee"

[Mark Mandel]

Possibly related to "take a stand [metaphorical, but meaningful in this
context] / position [approximately ditto] / seat"?

Mark

On Sat, Dec 15, 2018, 12:43 PM Cohen, Gerald Leonard <gcohen at mst.edu wrote:

> I've received a query: Why do we say "take
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> a knee" (e.g. of football players)?  In what way is
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> a knee "taken"?
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> Would anyone have an explanation?
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> Gerald Cohen
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