bow before (someone)

To obey, pledge allegiance, or submit one's will to someone, especially in a reverential or servile manner. My allegiance is to my own country; I'll never bow before you! The autocratic CEO all but makes his employees bow before him.

bow before someone or something

1. Lit. to bend or curtsy in respect to someone or something. I will not bow before any king or queen. Henry insisted that I bow before him.

2. Fig. to submit to someone or something; to surrender to someone or something. Our country will never bow before a dictator's demands. We will not bow before such a corrupt politician.

词组	bow before (someone)
释义	bow before (someone) bow before (someone) To obey, pledge allegiance, or submit one's will to someone, especially in a reverential or servile manner. My allegiance is to my own country; I'll never bow before you! The autocratic CEO all but makes his employees bow before him. See also: before, bow Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. bow before someone or something 1. Lit. to bend or curtsy in respect to someone or something. I will not bow before any king or queen. Henry insisted that I bow before him. 2. Fig. to submit to someone or something; to surrender to someone or something. Our country will never bow before a dictator's demands. We will not bow before such a corrupt politician. See also: before, bow McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: bow before bow down before (someone) bow to (someone or something) change (one's) stripes change one's stripes change one's stripes/spots, cannot a change in (one's) stripes bring (someone) to heel bring someone to heel bring to heel
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