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take a bow

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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.
See also: bow, take
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CAPTION(S): SAD DAY Vessel is torn apart; REST IN PIECES Intrepid in Liverpool scrapyard; TAKE A BOW Intrepid at sea
Naval pride's crushing end; FALKLANDS WARSHIP SCRAPPED by The Mirror (London, England)
3 Which British band asked Sheila To Take A Bow in the 1987 UK Top Ten?
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Will the staff of Nationwide, Broadgate, take a bow in managing to save a looked-forward-to holiday, that without their help would not have taken place.
Letter: Nationwide saved the day by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
 
 
 
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