What does bow out mean?
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bow out
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Princeton's WordNet
chicken out, back off, pull out, back down, bow outverb
remove oneself from an obligation
"He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved"
bow out, withdrawverb
retire gracefully
"He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship"
Wiktionary
bow outverb
To resign, or leave, with one's credibility still intact.
ChatGPT
bow out
To "bow out" generally means to gracefully withdraw or remove oneself from a situation, event, or responsibility. It often implies diffidence or the desire to avoid conflict or discomfort.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of bow out in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of bow out in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of bow out in a Sentence
Right now is a very important time and you can't really bow out, this is, more than ever in any recent time in history, [ a time ] that we have to speak loudly.
It's been one hell of a ride for us, right the way through, we played some outstanding cricket and we ran into an outstanding Australian team today who continue to set the way in international cricket. Full credit to them, they're deserved champions, and Michael Clarke deserved to bow out a World Cup-winning champion.
I really do not want votes to be split because of me, so I must respectfully bow out.
You have to bow ... out of respect, and if you take pictures, you should take the entire statue, you cannot take a portrait, for example ... because it's a lack of respect. And you cannot take pictures from behind.
As soon as I heard it, I said, Holy - This is going to go bad, why don’t I bow out of this one.
Translations for bow out
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- retirarseSpanish
- inclinerFrench
- uscire di scenaItalian
- despedir-sePortuguese
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