take a knee

Verb

 * 1) To come to rest, usually briefly, with one of one's knees on the ground.
 * 2)  Of any player with the ball, to kneel and place the ball on the ground, thereby ending the play and indicating they do not intend to advance with the ball.
 * 3) To cease performing customary activities or duties and kneel on one knee, sometimes as a form of protest.
 * 1)  Of any player with the ball, to kneel and place the ball on the ground, thereby ending the play and indicating they do not intend to advance with the ball.
 * 2) To cease performing customary activities or duties and kneel on one knee, sometimes as a form of protest.
 * 1) To cease performing customary activities or duties and kneel on one knee, sometimes as a form of protest.