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bow to someone/something
phrasal verb with bowverb[ I or T ]uk /baʊ/ us /baʊ/
to do what someone else wants you to do, usually unwillingly: 向…低头，向…屈服
bow to pressure Eventually they were forced to bow to public pressure and reform the tax.最终他们屈从于公众的压力，被迫对税收进行改革。
We refuse to bow to their demands.
He had no option but to bow to the views of those in a stronger position.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Accepting & agreeing reluctantly
accede to something
acceptance
acquiescence
be resigned to somethingidiom
bend to something
bow down to someone
cave in
concede
crack
peace
philosophical
resignation
resigned
resignedly
resort to something
settle for something
shoulder
tolerate
trade something off
yield to something
bow to something | American Dictionary
bow to something
phrasal verb with bowverb[ I/T ]us/bɑʊ/
to accept something unwillingly:
The company president finally bowed to pressure and resigned.
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