take a bow

take a bow

English

Verb

take a bow (third-person singular simple present takes a bow, present participle taking a bow, simple past took a bow, past participle taken a bow)

1. To bow (gesture of deference).
2. (idiomatic) To accept praise, as performers in a theater at the end of their act.
3. (idiomatic) To end a performance; to leave.

Antonyms

• make one's bow

Translations

to accept applause at the end of a performance

Chinese: Mandarin: 谢幕 (zh) German: sich verbeugen; Applaus am ende einer Vorstellung akzeptieren (de)

Hungarian: meghajol (hu) Italian: inchinarsi (it), fare (it) un (it) inchino (it)

See also

• Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take