bow down

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bow down

/baʊ ˈdaʊn/

verb bows down · bowing down · bowed down

idiomatic, intransitive To bow, to bend oneself as a gesture of deference or respect. 8 Thou shalt not make thee any grauen image, or any likenesse of any thing that is in heauen aboue, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth. 9 Thou shalt not bow downe thy selfe vnto them, nor serue them: for I the Lord thy God am a ielous God, visiting the iniqui
intransitive, slang To submit to another; to acknowledge one's inferiority to another. You better bow down to my skills.

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verb to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference

Français	s’incliner
Deutsch	sich niederwerfen

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@misc{bow_down_2026,
  title = {bow down},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bow%20down},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}