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Phrase(s): bow down (to someone or something) [and] bow to someone or something
1. Lit. to bend or curtsy to someone or something. • Do you expect me to bow down or something when you enter? • He bowed down low to the duchess. • She faced forward and bowed to the altar. 2. Fig. to submit to someone or something; to yield sovereignty to someone or something. • I will not bow down to you, you dictator! • We will never bow to a foreign prince.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs