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bow down to someone
phrasal verb with bowverb[ I or T ]uk /baʊ/ us /baʊ/
mainly UK
to show respect to someone and agree that they are more powerful than you : 服从，遵从，听命于…
He expects me to bow down to him and do everything he tells me.他希望我服从他，对他俯首帖耳。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Accepting & agreeing reluctantly
accede to something
acceptance
acquiescence
be resigned to somethingidiom
bend to something
bow to someone/something
cave in
concede
crack
peace
philosophical
resignation
resigned
resignedly
resort to something
settle for something
shoulder
tolerate
trade something off
yield to something
bow down to someone | American Dictionary
bow down to someone
phrasal verb with bowverb[ I/T ]us/bɑʊ/
to obey someone completely:
He expects me to bow down to him, but I won’t do it.
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