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bows down

bows down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bow down.

Meaning of bow down

Verb

bow down (third-person singular simple present bows down, present participle bowing down, simple past and past participle bowed down)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To bow, to bend oneself as a gesture of deference or respect.
    • 8 Thou shalt not make thee any grauen image, or any likenesse of any thing that is in heauen aboue, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth.
      9 Thou shalt not bow downe thy selfe vnto them, nor serue them: for I the Lord thy God am a ielous God, visiting the...1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 5:8–10
  2. (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To submit to another; to acknowledge one's inferiority to another.
    • You better bow down to my skills.

Questions about bows down

What is bows down the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Bows down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bow down.

Words near bows down in the dictionary

  1. Bowron
  2. Bowrons
  3. bows
  4. bows and arrows
  5. bows and scrapes
  6. bows down
  7. bows down before the porcelain god
  8. bows in
  9. bows out
  10. bows to
  11. bowsaw

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