english
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Phrase(s): take a bow to bow and acknowledge credit for a good performance. • At the end of the concerto, the pianist rose and took a bow. • The audience applauded wildly and demanded that the conductor come out and take a bow again.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Acknowledge praise or applause, as in The conductor asked the composer to take a bow. This idiom uses bow in the sense of "inclining the body or head as a token of salutation." [c. 1800]
American Heritage Idioms