bow out

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baʊ aʊt/
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Verb

bow out (third-person singular simple present bows out, present participle bowing out, simple past and past participle bowed out)

(idiomatic) To resign, or leave, with one's credibility still intact.
Jane had a long spell as chairman, but bowed out after she had a child.

Translations

To resign, or leave

Chinese: 退出 (zh) (tuìchū)
Finnish: erota (fi) (resign), perääntyä (fi) (back down), lähteä (fi) (leave)
French: s’incliner (fr), tirer sa révérence (fr)
Polish: wycofywać się impf, wycofać się pf
Russian: откла́ниваться (ru) impf (otklánivatʹsja), откла́няться (ru) pf (otklánjatʹsja)

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