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bow

 
 
/baʊ/ verb [I, T]

Translation

to bend your head or body forward in order to show respect or to thank an audience
bir grup karşısında eğilerek saygı göstermek, reverans yapmak, öne doğru eğilmek
The actors all bowed after the performance. We bowed our heads in prayer.19462436
bow out phrasal verb
to leave a job or stop doing an activity, usually after a long time
uzun bir süreden sonra bir eylemi/bir işi bırakmak, terketmek, mesleği sona ermek
He bowed out of politics at the age of 70.7881439
bow to sth/sb phrasal verb
to do what someone else wants you to do
birinin emirlerine itaat etmek, söylediği her şeyi yapmak, birine/birşeye itaat etmek, boyun eğmek/uymak
The government are refusing to bow to public pressure.2211
(Definition of bow verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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