throw oneself on someone's mercy
English
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editthrow oneself on someone's mercy (third-person singular simple present throws oneself on someone's mercy, present participle throwing oneself on someone's mercy, simple past threw oneself on someone's mercy, past participle thrown oneself on someone's mercy)
- To put oneself in a situation where someone else is in a position to rescue or forgive one.
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edit- “throw oneself on someone's mercy”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “throw oneself on someone's mercy”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “throw yourself on somebody s mercy” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.