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bows out

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

Meaning of bow out

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To resign, or leave, with one's credibility or reputation still intact.
    • Jane had a long spell as chairman, but bowed out after she had a child.

Questions about bows out

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

Words near bows out in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bows out (page history and authors); bow out (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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