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take a bow
Idioms and Phrases
Acknowledge praise or applause, as in The conductor asked the composer to take a bow . This idiom uses bow in the sense of âinclining the body or head as a token of salutation.â [c. 1800]Example Sentences
As attendees began chanting his name, McBrain rose from his drum set to take a bow.
âIf youâre wearing Skechers to the Oscars, take a bow,â Kimmel said, before announcing âIâm going to make sure this show runs really long tonight so you can get a ton of overtime.â
The band then locked arms and took a bow together.
Claudia, the players, the producers, the stylists... everyone involved needs to take a bow.
Not the performers taking a bow, but those behind-the-scenes curators and creative directors laboring in comparative anonymity for months, sometimes years, to make sure the shows will go on.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American HeritageŸ Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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