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bow out
/ ²ú²¹ÊŠ /
verb
- adverb; usually troften foll byof to retire or withdraw gracefully
Idioms and Phrases
Depart, withdraw, resign, as in After five years as chairman, I felt it was time I bowed out , or We'll have to beat them; they'll never bow out . [First half of 1900s]Example Sentences
"We gracefully bowed out and said we'll have to accept what they say, even though we know it not to be true and get on with our lives," she said.
England bowed out of the tournament on Wednesday after losing their must-win clash with Afghanistan by eight runs.
Steuart Smith, the guitarist who has played with the Eagles since 2001, says he has to ‘bow out’ of the band after being diagnosed with Parkinsonism.
At least it’s bowing out with a measure of grace for the good guys before we all get too old to appreciate it.
It's being seen as a comeback, after the pair decided to bow out of the music scene for almost a decade for mental health reasons.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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