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a. (context idiomatic English) Under subjugation. adv. (context idiomatic English) Under subjugation.
Wikipedia
Under the Yoke [Bulgarian: 'Под игото'- Pod Igoto] is a novel by Ivan Vazov written in 1888. It depicts the Ottoman rule of Bulgaria and is the most famous piece of classic Bulgarian literature. Under the Yoke has been translated into more than 30 languages.
Under the Yoke is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by J. Gordon Edwards and starring Theda Bara. It is based on the short story "Maria of the Roses" by George Scarborough.
Under the Yoke is the second of four books of S. M. Stirling's alternate history series, The Domination. It was first published in the United States on September 1, 1989.
Usage examples of "under the yoke".
But it's not for me to turn down a chance of not putting my head under the yoke.
Youth, bless it, is like wine, but we sober up soon enough and slide under the yoke without any more kicking.
Besides this, the presence of these exiles, and the knowledge that a similar fate awaits themselves if they fall again under the yoke of Spain, nerves the people to resist to the utmost.
These same farmers were then indoctrinated in the care of the laaaddis orchards, reduced to serfs under the yoke of the invaders.
It is long since I was desirous of coming to you, but we are all under the yoke of the must absurd tyranny: soon we shall have no permission to go, to come, to speak, to hold our tongues, without first obtaining the consent of a certain family.
I tell thee these thy sons of the Desert, though they have separately the speed of eagles and the endurance of lions, will fail if they are not trained to run together under the yoke.
They too chafed under the yoke of the Wandsmen, who came at every harvest time to take a portion of their meager crops so that they were always on the edge of hunger.