bowing

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You don't need me for that, so I'm bowing out.

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Quick take

bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting

Meaning at a glance

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noun

bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting

noun

managing the bow in playing a stringed instrument; "the violinist's bowing was excellent"

adjective

showing an excessively deferential manner

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for bowing.

noun

bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting

noun

managing the bow in playing a stringed instrument; "the violinist's bowing was excellent"

adjective

showing an excessively deferential manner

Example sentences

You don't need me for that, so I'm bowing out.

This is just Google bowing down to big copyright.

They will benefit in the short term from HP bowing out but over the next 3-5 years they will face the same problem.

They’ll end up bowing and scraping and hoping that Uncle Google throws a bit more fiber their way, someday.

Not quite sure Foursquare is in a better position now that Facebook is bowing out.

'Yes,' said the teacher, bowing his head and smiling in acknowledgement 'that is the water; I see you have attainment.

When I was growing up as a Quaker, I was raised to see such people as heroes, and I still do. These people took their beliefs and their convictions and chose to live life on their terms, not bowing to the authorities of the government.

Wow, this is on top of the GOP silently kicking younger members out of budget committees earlier this week for not bowing enough to the party line[1].

Anything that touches these subject without bowing to the ideology is forbidden and must be destroyed.

Can't really see how this is Paypal's fault directly - this is just Paypal bowing to regulations - and if they didn't, they'd be in serious trouble.

I say this because a huge amount of the skill in playing a bowed instrument is controlling changes of bow direction and the beginnings of bowings.

It's interesting to see stackoverflow as an example of bowing to community wants, because stackoverflow seems like the ultimate example of not doing that.

I used to be surprised when I'd see an interview with some very hard rock band in Asia and they'd spend the interview quietly bowing and talking more or less like the proper primped pop-idol they just had on.