pay obeisance

idiom

formal
: to show or express great respect (to someone)

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A little further along the corridor, hurrying to pay obeisance, was Rodrygo, another of Pérez’s employees. Rory Smith, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024 Then, on January 28th, McCarthy travelled to Mar-a-Lago to pay obeisance and pose for a photo. Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2022 Amid candidates who pay obeisance to all the leftist pieties—with occasional exceptions from Mr. Adams—Mr. Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 14 May 2021

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“Pay obeisance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pay%20obeisance. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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