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Phrase(s): bow before someone or something
1. Lit. to bend or curtsy in respect to someone or something. • I will not bow before any king or queen. • Henry insisted that I bow before him. 2. Fig. to submit to someone or something; to surrender to someone or something. • Our country will never bow before a dictator’s demands. • We will not bow before such a corrupt politician.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs