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bow out
/ ʊ /
verb
to retire or withdraw gracefully
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Idioms and Phrases
Depart, withdraw, resign, as in After five years as chairman, I felt it was time I bowed out, or We'll have to beat them; they'll never bow out. [First half of 1900s]
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"They all thought they were involved in a normal discourse, and they don't understand why the foreperson bowed out."
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Danny Care, who was on the bench, is also bowing out.
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Captain De Bruyne is set to depart this summer and started his last home game in City's 3-1 victory over Bournemouth, but the Premier League great bowed out in a somewhat abject manner.
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After Sumner bowed out to “Temptation,” a minute went by before the band was back out onstage to play Joy Division’s “Love Will Tear Us Apart.”
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But considering recent events, it will not be surprising if he bows out next month on schedule.
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