make one's bow

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmeɪk wʌnz ˈbaʊ/
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Verb

make one's bow (third-person singular simple present makes one's bow, present participle making one's bow, simple past and past participle made one's bow)

  1. To bow, to make a bow (respectful gesture).
  2. (idiomatic) To debut, to bow.
    The new product will make its bow on the world market this summer.
    • 1832, “Literary Notices”, in The Rail-Road Journal, volume 1, number 1, page 123:
      The first named one, it will be observed, is but a debutant. It makes its bow in a drab-colored Quaker-looking dress, and barring a lively McGrawler-like critique upon " Lewis' Poems," is staid and professorial in its tone.

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