bow and scrape

/ˌbaʊ ən ˈskɹeɪp/

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Tanımlar (İngilizce)

  1. fiil To make a deep bow with the right leg drawn back (thus scraping the floor), left hand pressed across the abdomen, right arm held aside.
  2. fiil To behave in a servile, obsequious, or excessively polite manner.

    “But he is not one of those lawyers who bow and scrape before wealthy clients. He will not be pushed around.”

  3. isim A deep formal bow with right leg drawn back touching the ground.

    “[H]e took off his Highland bonnet, and performed a bow and scrape.”

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