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"To bow (gesture of deference)."
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"To accept praise, as performers in a theater at the end of their act."
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"(idiomatic) To accept praise, as performers in a theater at the end of their act."
],
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"_dis1": "1 68 20 12",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xièmù",
"sense": "to accept applause at the end of a performance",
"word": "谢幕"
},
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"_dis1": "1 68 20 12",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to accept applause at the end of a performance",
"word": "sich verbeugen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 68 20 12",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to accept applause at the end of a performance",
"word": "Applaus am ende einer Vorstellung akzeptieren"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to accept applause at the end of a performance",
"word": "meghajol"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 68 20 12",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to accept applause at the end of a performance",
"word": "inchinarsi"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 68 20 12",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to accept applause at the end of a performance",
"word": "fare un inchino"
}
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"To end a performance; to leave."
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"(idiomatic) To end a performance; to leave."
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"examples": [
{
"text": "The years we spent together were the worst years of my life. You can take a bow."
}
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"To take credit or blame for a particular outcome or circumstance."
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"(idiomatic, sarcasm) To take credit or blame for a particular outcome or circumstance."
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},
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"To bow (gesture of deference)."
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"To accept praise, as performers in a theater at the end of their act."
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"(idiomatic) To accept praise, as performers in a theater at the end of their act."
],
"tags": [
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"To end a performance; to leave."
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"(idiomatic) To end a performance; to leave."
],
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{
"text": "The years we spent together were the worst years of my life. You can take a bow."
}
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"To take credit or blame for a particular outcome or circumstance."
],
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"credit",
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],
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"(idiomatic, sarcasm) To take credit or blame for a particular outcome or circumstance."
],
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},
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"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xièmù",
"sense": "to accept applause at the end of a performance",
"word": "谢幕"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to accept applause at the end of a performance",
"word": "sich verbeugen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to accept applause at the end of a performance",
"word": "Applaus am ende einer Vorstellung akzeptieren"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to accept applause at the end of a performance",
"word": "meghajol"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to accept applause at the end of a performance",
"word": "inchinarsi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to accept applause at the end of a performance",
"word": "fare un inchino"
}
],
"word": "take a bow"
}
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