bow to sb/sth
— phrasal verb with bow uk/baʊ/us/baʊ/verb [ I or T ]
to do what someone else wants you to do, usually unwillingly:
Eventually they were forced to bow to public pressure and reform the tax.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Accepting & agreeing reluctantly
- acquiesce
- acquiescent
- bend to sth
- capitulate
- cave in
- come to heel idiom
- compromise
- condescend
- defer
- meet
- meet sb halfway idiom
- not take sth lying down idiom
- philosophical
- relent
- resign
- resort
- sell
- surrender
- swallow
- trade
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