throw oneself on someone's mercy

throw oneself on someone's mercy

English

Verb

throw 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)

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Translations

Translations

Finnish: heittäytyä (jonkun) armoille

Further reading

• “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
• “throw yourself on somebody s mercy” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.