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take_a_bow

take a bow

English

Verb

take a bow (third-person singular simple present takes a bow, present participle taking a bow, simple past took a bow, past participle taken a bow)

  1. To bow.
  2. (idiomatic) To accept praise, as performers in a theater at the end of their act
  3. (idiomatic) To end performance; to leave

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  • Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take