grovel

To be prone on the ground.

To crawl.

In the tube station, the old ones who were on the way out / Would dribble and vomit and grovel and shout

To abase oneself before another person.

She refused to grovel in front of the bully, standing her ground.

To be slavishly nice to someone or apologize in the hope of securing something.

He had to grovel before his boss after missing the important meeting.

He hated to grovel, but he knew it was the only way to save his job.

To take pleasure in mundane activities.