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bow out

verb as in back out

Strongest matches

Weak matches

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When the strongest connection is no longer an option, why is there the impulse to continue instead of bowing out?

Jimmy Fallon bowed out of a planned appearance at the Fast Company Innovation Festival on Thursday.

She bowed out of her professional career with Hummel's Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, which she first heard at the Barbican as a young girl.

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But on Sunday - ahead of an internal leadership vote that could have forced him out - he bowed out, announcing his resignation.

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England, Scotland and Ireland all secured their spots in the Women's Rugby World Cup quarter-finals, but Wales bowed out.

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