bow to demands

bow to (one's) demands

To submit to or accept another person's demands. You need to grow a spine. You can't just bow to your boss's demands every time! I'll never bow to your demands, sir! My allegiance will always be to my own country. I refuse to bow that fool's demands just because he has a lot of money.

See also: bow, demand, to

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bow to someone's demands

Fig. to yield to someone's demands; to agree to do something that someone has requested. In the end, they had to bow to our demands. We refused to bow to their demands that we abandon the project.

See also: bow, demand, to

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