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Bow out   /baʊ aʊt/   Listen
Bow out

verb
1.
Remove oneself from an obligation.  Synonyms: back down, back off, chicken out, pull out.
2.
Retire gracefully.  Synonym: withdraw.






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"Bow out" Quotes from Famous Books



... linen and clothes were laid by along with fragrant herbs: reaching thence, she took down the bow with its bow case from the peg on which it hung. She sat down with it on her knees, weeping bitterly as she took the bow out of its case, and when her tears had relieved her, she went to the cloister where the suitors were, carrying the bow and the quiver, with the many deadly arrows that were inside it. Along with her came her maidens, bearing a chest ...
— The Odyssey • Homer



Words linked to "Bow out" :   pull out, back off, resile, withdraw, get out, chicken out, back down, retire



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