throw oneself on someone's mercy (English, verb)
expansion: 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)
Senses:
glosses: To put oneself in a situation where someone else is in a position to rescue or forgive one.
Forms:
form: throws oneself on someone's mercy
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: throwing oneself on someone's mercy
tags: participle
present
form: threw oneself on someone's mercy
tags: past
form: thrown oneself on someone's mercy
tags: participle
past