Take a knee

[Sarah]

An American football term for when the quarterback drops to one knee immediately after receiving the snap, thus automatically ending the play.
The use of taking a knee comes only near the end of a game when your team is in possession of the ball and holds a narrow lead (by a touchdown or less). If you execute a run or pass play, you risk turning the ball over and allowing the opposing team to gain possession and a chance to score. By taking a knee, you are able to run down the clock without putting the ball at risk.
A boring, if strategically important, play.

[Mark Zuckerberg]

to take a temporary break from an activity.

[Mark Zuckerberg]

Take a Knee, the worst diss in sports. This term comes from American Football. Should you screw up during practice or worse, during a game, the coach tells you take a knee where which you go to the sideline and kneel down on one knee so that the team and audience can see your total humiliation. I first heard this term in 1984, though I know it has to originate from a date way before my time. My coach of at least 45 yrs. old at the time used this term.

Coach Says: Miss your read...Take a Knee. Miss your block...Take a Knee. Miss your hole...Take a knee.

[Becky]

The act of kneeling down on one knee while pointing a finger towards the sky and pounding an alcoholic beverage of choice. The taking of knees can be passed out between comrades drinking, however once you command the taking of a knee the person taking the knee is free to return the favor. Knees are taken for many reasons including to get drunk, to celebrate, or as competition.

[Britney]

To be interrupted in the act of performing cunnilingus on a frenchwomanin the lobby of your apartment by your housemate, ideally whilst wearing a waistcoat.

[Donald Trump]

To throw up due to the over consuption of alcohol.

[Rihanna]

To get down on one knee to suck a mans penis. It may also refer to taking two knees, for if reciever lasts longer than 15 seconds.

[Tanya Shivari]

Verb. To urinate through the opening of your shorts at the knee, without removing your shorts.

[Zipporah Schumaker]

(in American football, of a quarterback ) to go down on one knee after receiving the ball, stopping the game temporarily: