bow out

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to stop taking part in an activity, especially one in which you have been successful in the past

   Can you bow out when They're shouting your name?

   Maybe I'll try and bow out and get a headstart and early prep for Vegas this weekend.

In the movies · 3

• I'm bowing out. I'm declining to go.This Is the End2013
• Can you bow out when They're shouting your name?The Phantom of the Opera2004
• Maybe I'll try and bow out and get a headstart and early prep for Vegas this weekend.Bad Education2019
• We're gonna have to bow out of this.Gone Girl2014
• You don't have to bow out because of me. l don't?This Means War2012

Learn it in full scenes

• This Is the End2013
  • Seth Picks Jay Up at LAX
  • Seth Talks Jay Into the Party
  • Franco Gives the House Tour
• Bad Education2019
  • Frank Reassures an Angry Parent
  • Rachel Interviews School Officials
  • Bob Spicer Gives the School a Gift

From the same entry

• bow and scrape
• bow down to
• bow to
• take a bow
• a shot across the bows
• have another string strings to your bow