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bowed down

/baʊd daʊn/

Translations

bow downverb

bowed down

Past Simple

bowed down

Past Simple

bowed down

Past Participle

bowing down

Gerund

/baʊ daʊn/

se prosterner

The villagers would bow down before the king as he passed by.

Les villageois se prosternaient devant le roi quand il passait.

Additional translations

s'inclinerAu sens figuré, pour marquer la soumission ou le fait de céder à une autorité, une pression ou une demande.

Synonyms

humble oneself

bow downverb

To lower the head or bend the upper part of the body as a gesture of respect or submission.

The villagers would bow down before the king as he passed by.

To submit or yield to someone else's authority or demands.

He refused to bow down to the pressure from his peers.