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Synonyms for bow out
bow out
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Princeton's WordNet
chicken out, back off, pull out, back down, bow outverb
remove oneself from an obligation
"He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved"
Synonyms:
pull, pull up, extract, back off, chicken out, back up, draw out, withdraw, back down, take out, get out, draw, pull outbow out, withdrawverb
retire gracefully
"He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship"
Synonyms:
call in, swallow, sequester, seclude, crawfish out, retire, crawfish, retreat, take, back away, back out, take back, pull away, take out, recall, back down, unsay, draw back, back off, chicken out, move back, recede, call back, pull out, sequestrate, draw, pull in one's horns, take away, adjourn, disengage, withdraw, draw off, pull back, remove
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#246 | take | |
#1651 | remove | |
#3350 | draw | |
#3810 | pull | |
#5370 | recall | |
#5757 | extract | |
#8206 | retreat | |
#10524 | withdraw | |
#11883 | swallow | |
#12529 | retire | |
#26952 | adjourn | |
#42146 | crawfish | |
#63983 | recede | |
#69437 | disengage | |
#115009 | sequester | |
#310890 | seclude |
How to use bow out in a sentence?
Right now is a very important time and you can't really bow out, this is, more than ever in any recent time in history, [ a time ] that we have to speak loudly.
As soon as I heard it, I said, Holy - This is going to go bad, why don’t I bow out of this one.
It's been one hell of a ride for us, right the way through, we played some outstanding cricket and we ran into an outstanding Australian team today who continue to set the way in international cricket. Full credit to them, they're deserved champions, and Michael Clarke deserved to bow out a World Cup-winning champion.
I really do not want votes to be split because of me, so I must respectfully bow out.
If your going to bow out, do it in style.
Translations for bow out
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- retirarseSpanish
- inclinerFrench
- uscire di scenaItalian
- despedir-sePortuguese
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