bow out
/ (baʊ) /
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verb
(adverb; usually tr often foll by of) to retire or withdraw gracefully
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bow out
Depart, withdraw, resign, as in After five years as chairman, I felt it was time I bowed out, or We'll have to beat them; they'll never bow out. [First half of 1900s]
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