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at one's feet

[at one's feet] {adv. phr.}

Under your influence or power.

/She had a dozen men at her feet./

/Her voice kept audiences at her feet for years./

Compare: THROW ONESELF AT SOMEONE'S FEET.

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates © 2010

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