Pass-under-the-yoke Definition

verb

(of a defeated army) To be humiliated by the victors.

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Origin of Pass-under-the-yoke

  • From a Roman practice of forcing defeated soldiers to stoop under a "yoke" of spears whilst being jeered by the victors

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