TAKE A BOW

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does take a bow mean? 

• TAKE A BOW (verb)
  The verb TAKE A BOW has 2 senses:

1. acknowledge praise or accept credit

2. acknowledge applause by inclining the head, as of an artist after a performance

  Familiarity information: TAKE A BOW used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAKE A BOW (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Acknowledge praise or accept credit

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

They finally took a bow for what they did

Hypernyms (to "take a bow" is one way to...):

accept (consider or hold as true)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Acknowledge applause by inclining the head, as of an artist after a performance

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "take a bow" is one way to...):

bow (bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s to somebody