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bow down

UK
/baʊ daʊn/
US
/baʊ daʊn/

Traduzioni

bow downverb
bowed down
Past Simple
bowed down
Past Participle
bowing down
Gerund
UK
/baʊ daʊn/
US
/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.
Traduzioni aggiuntive
s'inclinerAu sens figuré, pour marquer la soumission ou le fait de céder à une autorité, une pression ou une demande.
Sinonimi
submit
yield
defer
surrender
humble oneself
kowtow
genuflect

Definizioni

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.
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