as in to lose
to undergo defeat
quite embarrassingly, the top-seeded player bowed out in the first round of competition
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Sandra Bullock's 2000 laugher Miss Congeniality, Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe's The Nice Guys, and Nicolas Cage's The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent are all bowing out, too, by month's end.
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Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 29 Mar. 2025
While the change may be unwelcome, there are many options to choose from once Skype bows out.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Could this mean that Holland is going to take his bow out of the MCU at the film's end?
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
In his statement bowing out of the race, O’Brien took a swipe at Kraft by essentially endorsing Wu.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 1 Apr. 2025
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Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 29 Mar. 2025
While the change may be unwelcome, there are many options to choose from once Skype bows out.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Could this mean that Holland is going to take his bow out of the MCU at the film's end?
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
In his statement bowing out of the race, O’Brien took a swipe at Kraft by essentially endorsing Wu.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Bow out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bow%20out. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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