"bow out" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "bow + out",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bows out",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bowing out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bowed out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bowed out",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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      "expansion": "bow out (third-person singular simple present bows out, present participle bowing out, simple past and past participle bowed out)",
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    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Jane had a long spell as chairman, but bowed out after she had a child."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To resign, or leave, with one's credibility still intact."
      ],
      "id": "en-bow_out-en-verb-RX5rg7pm",
      "links": [
        [
          "resign",
          "resign"
        ],
        [
          "leave",
          "leave"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To resign, or leave, with one's credibility still intact."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "zh",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "tuìchū",
          "sense": "To resign, or leave",
          "word": "退出"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "resign",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "To resign, or leave",
          "word": "erota"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "back down",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "To resign, or leave",
          "word": "perääntyä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "leave",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "To resign, or leave",
          "word": "lähteä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "To resign, or leave",
          "word": "s’incliner"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "To resign, or leave",
          "word": "tirer sa révérence"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "To resign, or leave",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "wycofywać się"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "To resign, or leave",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "wycofać się"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otklánivatʹsja",
          "sense": "To resign, or leave",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "откла́ниваться"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otklánjatʹsja",
          "sense": "To resign, or leave",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "откла́няться"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/baʊ aʊt/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-bow out.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9d/En-au-bow_out.ogg/En-au-bow_out.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/En-au-bow_out.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bow out"
}

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      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "out"
      },
      "expansion": "out",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "bow + out",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bows out",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bowing out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bowed out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bowed out",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "bow out (third-person singular simple present bows out, present participle bowing out, simple past and past participle bowed out)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English idioms",
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        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
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        "English terms with audio links",
        "English verbs",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Jane had a long spell as chairman, but bowed out after she had a child."
        }
      ],
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        "To resign, or leave, with one's credibility still intact."
      ],
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        [
          "resign",
          "resign"
        ],
        [
          "leave",
          "leave"
        ]
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        "(idiomatic) To resign, or leave, with one's credibility still intact."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/baʊ aʊt/"
    },
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      "audio": "en-au-bow out.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/En-au-bow_out.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "zh",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "tuìchū",
      "sense": "To resign, or leave",
      "word": "退出"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "resign",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To resign, or leave",
      "word": "erota"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "back down",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To resign, or leave",
      "word": "perääntyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "leave",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To resign, or leave",
      "word": "lähteä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To resign, or leave",
      "word": "s’incliner"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To resign, or leave",
      "word": "tirer sa révérence"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "To resign, or leave",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "wycofywać się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "To resign, or leave",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "wycofać się"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otklánivatʹsja",
      "sense": "To resign, or leave",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "откла́ниваться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otklánjatʹsja",
      "sense": "To resign, or leave",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "откла́няться"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bow out"
}