Definition of "bowing" []

• Present participle of bow. (bend) (verb)
• The act of bending at the waist, as a sign of respect or greeting. (noun)
• A bending. (noun)
• A technique for bowing a musical instrument, such as a violin. (noun)

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• "But what you call bowing and scraping is the outer sign of discipline, and its absence means the absence of discipline."
• "Fourth, the President talks about transparency, but in bowing his head before right-wing members of the press who bring up the election results, he says nothing about the elections themselves and how bizarrely distorted they were by secret corporate spending enabled by a radically partisan Supreme Court."
• "I am wondering if all of that bowing is going to disturb all of the botox Pelosi has floating around in her face."