bow down | Idiomator

Meaning: (intransitive,idiomatic)Tobow, tobendoneself as agestureofdeferenceorrespect.1611,The Holy Bible,[…](King James Version), London:[…]Robert Barker,[…],→OCLC,Deuteronomy5:8–10:8 Thou shalt not make thee any grauen image, or any likenesse of any thing that is in heauen aboue, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth.9 Thou shalt notbow downethy selfe vnto them, nor serue them: for I the Lord thy God am a ielous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers vpon the children, vnto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,10 And shewing mercy vnto thousands, of them that loue me, and keepe my commandements.c.1921(date written), Karel Čapek, translated byPaul Selver,R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots): A Fantastic Melodrama[…], Garden City, N.Y.:Doubleday, Page & Company, published1923,→OCLC,Act 2:You were all so powerful, so overwhelming. The whole worldbowed downbefore you.2008,BioWare,Mass Effect(Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts,→ISBN,→OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel:Shepard: The rest of the galaxy isn't just going tobow downjust because we tell them to. We'll need the fleets to bring them in line.; (intransitive,slang,African-American Vernacular)Tosubmitto another; to acknowledge one's inferiority to another.You betterbow downto my skills.

Examples:

EN: Because we saw his star in the east and we came to bow down to him.
ES: Pues su estrella en el oriente hemos visto y venimos a adorarlo.
EN: (and say) go and examine exactly about the child and when you find it, let me know that I also come to bow down to him.
ES: Id y averiguad con diligencia acerca del niño... para que yo también vaya a adorarle.
EN: "We do not want to be enemies but at all costs we must come into your city... because the Aztecs must bow down before the Cross".
ES: - No somos enemigos, pero queremos entrar a toda costa en vuestra ciudad, para que los aztecas se postren ante la Cruz.
EN: "All this I will give you," he said, "if you will bow down and worship me. "
ES: "Todo esto te daré," dijo, "si me adoras."
EN: - I bow down to the raw earth for you...
ES: - Mis mejores deseos para los muchachos allá en casa....
EN: "And I'll bow down to thee, Dominican!"
ES: Dominico, me maravillas.
EN: You want them to bow down to you and flatter you like those so-called friends of yours.
ES: Quieres que se inclinen ante ti y te halaguen como esos supuestos amigos tuyos.
EN: Bow down, bow down.
ES: ♪ Inclínense, inclínense. ♪
ES: ♪ Inclínense, inclínense. ♪
EN: Every night at midnight, you will awaken and walk through the halls of this castle, until you've found a MacLaggan and forced him to bow down before you in humble apology.
ES: Todas las noches a medianoche, despertarás y vagarás por las salas de este castillo, hasta que encuentres a un MacLaggan y te haga una reverencia en muestra de humilde disculpa.
EN: What subject nations would it lead to bow down to your scepter ... and swear allegiance to your lips, your eyes and your hair!
ES: ¡Qué naciones súbditas llevaría a inclinarse ante tu cetro... y a jurarle lealtad a tus labios, a tus ojos y a tu pelo!
EN: Invincible powerful lord, we bow down before you, and implore you to hear our words.
ES: ...fuera considerado digno. ¡Massinissa!
EN: At least thirty of you came to bow down at Scipio's feet!
ES: Es un gozo. Si la patria de un hombre es aquella en la que ha puesto todas sus ambiciones, entonces la tierra misma es la razón misma de su vivir.
EN: You thought I was going to bow down before Dubailly d'Elbeuf?
ES: ¿Iría a inclinarme ante Dubailly d'Elbeuf?
EN: Just because a lot of socializing little cretins and pathological exhibitionists bow down to you don't get the idea you're any princess to me.
ES: Eso fue un poco presuntuoso, dadas las circunstancias. ¿No te parece? ¿Qué quieres decir?
EN: ♪ Bow down, bow down to the Lord High Executioner ♪
ES: Inclinaos, inclinaos ante el Honorable Verdugo.

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