• v.
    ⦿retire gracefully
    lexical concept
  • He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechverb
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:bow out
  2. enl:withdraw
wn:interlingual indexili:i33660

Other

skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:label
  • bow outwithdraw
  • bow out