bow out
— phrasal verb with bow uk/baʊ/us/baʊ/verb [ I or T ]
to leave a job or stop doing an activity, usually after a long time:
She'll be bowing out at the end of the month, after hosting the programme for eight years.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Retiring & resigning
- abdicate
- attrition
- bow 1
- chuck
- chuck sth in
- demit
- departure
- drop
- leave the field open for sb idiom
- natural wastage
- outgoing
- pension sb off
- pensionable
- serve
- serve sth out
- stand aside
- stand down
- step
- step aside/down
- throw
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