I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bow legs
bow tie
bow to pressure ( also give in to pressure ) (= do what people want you to do )
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He eventually gave in to pressure and resigned.
bow window
bow/bend/lower your head (= look down )
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He bowed his head and tried not not to look at her.
hang/bow your head in shame (= look down, or feel like you should look down, because you feel so ashamed )
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I bow my head in shame when I think of how I treated her.
tie a knot/bow
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She pulled the ribbon tightly and tied a bow.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
deeply
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Tara, clad in a tight yellow leotard and matching ruffled skirt, bowed deeply amidst the applause.
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I turn back to my class, bowing deeply .
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With that the beggar bowed deeply to the handsome couple and laughed until he was rocking back and forth.
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I bow deeply , then move my hands in the motion I learned last night at the Kudakajima circle dance.
down
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This is where all the stars bow down .
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Some one in Manhattan they would bow down and adore.
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The women and children now catch up their master, and each group in turn bows down before Esau.
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When the sun sets, its inhabitants bow down in unison amid their baobab and thorn trees toward Mecca to pray.
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The gurgling male, alternately bowing down and rearing up, chased the female from one row of tiles to the next.
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They were literally bowed down with grief....
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But still, because he does not bow down before his own popularity, he retains a certain distance.
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And bowed down to resume his strange rump-in-the-air and face-in-the-sea posture.
out
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Loosen tie &038; undo top button of shirt so that shirt collar bows out and tie arches forward like a cup handle.
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The Big Ten laid a Big Egg, with all five of its teams bowing out .
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They began their Springbok lives together but both reject suggestions that they plan to bow out at Twickenham.
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But another clone wannabe bowed out of the game Tuesday.
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This year Rudolph Giuliani, the city's crime-busting mayor, bows out .
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But Woods said he bowed out this week after discussing the issue with Dole.
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After a lucky thirteen episodes, Crawford decided that Frank Spencer should bow out .
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When Steve Winwood bowed out because of illness, a call was made for a replacement.
over
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Willie turned to face the fire, his head bowed over the range.
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I bow over the toilet to retch but reverse away fast as last night's urine smells like cat shit this morning.
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The Nativity, with Mary and Joseph bowing over a sleeping child.
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Albert bowed over the girl's hand - Caro would bet it wasn't his wife.
slightly
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The porter bowed slightly , but said nothing.
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He bowed slightly at the waist.
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He took his had off and bowed slightly .
■ NOUN
government
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Environmental groups also criticized the agreement, claiming that governments had bowed to the demands of chemical companies.
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The Government bowed to the inevitable after other countries threatened to outvote it.
head
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An armed guard stood there in the doorway, head bowed , a clean silk pau folded over one arm.
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She lifted her head , then bowed it again, avoiding my eyes.
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In the centre, Ghost of the Tree stood alone, his arms around his skull-staff, his head bowed .
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He sat on a stool with his head bowed , his feet frozen.
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She poured the wine then backed away, her head bowed , her throat suddenly dry, her heart pounding.
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It is merely the sight of a small head bowed over the pages that gives me indescribable joy.
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On his left head bowed , eyes hidden by her fringe, sits Ma.
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Lots of guys are starting to walk around with their heads raised instead of bowing to Tiger.
pressure
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That same month, bowing to pressure , he agreed to appoint a Minister for the Coordination of Defence.
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In August he bowed to the pressure , put Elias Snider in charge, and made Beck one of the commissioners.
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However, the bill was revised in parliament by Solidarity politicians bowing to populist pressures .
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The governors, nevertheless, bowed to pressure from Republican congressional leaders not to call for reopening welfare legislation for major changes.
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Meanwhile Mr Redwood's successor has bowed to pressure to sever his business links with Asda.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a shot across the bows/a warning shot (across the bows)
have more than one string to your bow
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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All the men turned and bowed as the Emperor passed.
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Archer bowed and left the stage.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But another clone wannabe bowed out of the game Tuesday.
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I sighed and bowed to the inevitable.
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The Prime Minister, however, was simply bowing to the inevitable.
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The women and children now catch up their master, and each group in turn bows down before Esau.
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They bowed and waited for the mayor to speak first.
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When he made his rounds on a light-gray donkey, people bowed their heads and dared not look at his face.
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Willie turned to face the fire, his head bowed over the range.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
deep
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The young woman stands after she says this and makes a deep bow .
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I make a deep bow and thank Mrs Nishimae.
formal
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The students then stoop to sit on their heels and issue another formal bow before standing and beginning the lesson.
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Before entering it, a student must make a formal bow at the doorway as a mark of respect.
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This is done with a formal bow .
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At my doorway, Jules said goodnight with a formal little bow .
slight
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He came to his front door to say goodbye, which he did with a handshake and a slight bow .
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She made a slight bow and wheeled to the next desk.
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The waiter gave the slightest of bows , turned and set off back to the café.
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They were just three wires joined at the ends, with only the slightest bow to them.
■ NOUN
wave
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Conversation was limited by the roar of the engine and the thrash of the bow waves .
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The branch shattered in half, and the gulls crouched to leap, only to be sucked under the bow waves .
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She reached the coast road and a fire engine charged into view, spreading a bow wave .
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I have never seen bow waves like these.
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The yacht pitched forward as they slid down the bow wave .
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The porpoises delight in riding on the bow waves of motor boats, which has frequently proved to be a fatal mistake.
window
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Mrs Healy saw him running as she looked from her bow window and knew that something must be amiss.
■ VERB
give
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Marsden held out his hand and took hers in a strong grip, at the same time giving the faintest possible bow .
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The waiter gave the slightest of bows , turned and set off back to the café.
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Any chariot crew may be given short bows at an additional cost of +1 point per crewman.
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Only then did she give a little bow and, pouring herself some wine, settled, kneeling at her husband's side.
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They gave her stiff little bows , what she would have expected.
make
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Then, turning back, he made a final bow to the row of tiny images.
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The young woman stands after she says this and makes a deep bow .
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Before entering it, a student must make a formal bow at the doorway as a mark of respect.
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She made a slight bow and wheeled to the next desk.
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To make the bow Tie a knot centrally in strip.
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I make a deep bow and thank Mrs Nishimae.
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It may well have been used to make bows for local archers who went off to fight in the battle of Agincourt.
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Lupe took the ribbon out of her hair and made a bow and glued it on to her cover.
take
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I wondered if it might take a bow , but it didn't.
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And take the bow inside for it.
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Lord Reith in his dinner suit, Lady Barnett take a bow .
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Then Herb, Junior, had taken his bow and arrow and wounded one of the beasts in the hindquarters.
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The song ended and Albert took a bow .
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They all deserved to take a bow .
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The cellist took up his bow , and drew across his instrument a few subdued notes of Bach.
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Then he took the bow and did his utmost to string it.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a shot across the bows/a warning shot (across the bows)
draw a bow
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Kids always get to shoot air guns, draw bows and fire arrows, and catch fish for free.
have more than one string to your bow
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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She had a red bow in her hair.
III. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
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Love does not involve giving fancy parcels tied up with big red bows .
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Mulcahey slipped the red ribbon around the collar and tied a big bow .
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Her shiny, dark hair was done up in a pony tail with a big red bow .
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I hated her because she wore long red banana curls and a big bow in her hair.
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There was a ribbon in her hair and a big bow tied on the side of her head.
black
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The referee patrols the bandaged ropes, dapper in his black bow tie.
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They are wearing their school uniforms, black jumpers with white blouses and neat black bows at the neck.
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His hair was white and powdered and long enough to be tied in a small black silk bow .
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By one armpit was a floppy black bow .
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Her hair was in a single pigtail tied with black bow , like one of Nelson's sailors.
red
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She wears a gigantic wig decorated with feathers and red bows , the shape of which echoes that of the wide skirt.
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Miss Sadie had given him a very large package tied with a red bow .
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Love does not involve giving fancy parcels tied up with big red bows .
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Her shiny, dark hair was done up in a pony tail with a big red bow .
small
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Make a small bow for the green cake as before and leave to dry.
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The key has two protruding teeth and the shank is of rectangular section, thickening towards the small circular bow .
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His hair was white and powdered and long enough to be tied in a small black silk bow .
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He stood in the ballroom entrance and acknowledged the applause with a small bow .
■ NOUN
leg
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It is in walnut polished wood, bow fronted with bow legs .
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A man or woman with bow legs is looked upon as an ugly person.
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Nigel of the clammy hands and Peter of the bow legs and disappearing chin?
tie
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I t was a collar and bow tie and the front of a shirt.
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She sat silently in her blue suit and little bow tie .
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The referee patrols the bandaged ropes, dapper in his black bow tie .
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The players wore short-sleeve white shirts, long white pants and dark bow ties , with baseball caps and white sneakers.
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Beer is dispensed by a man with a bow tie .
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It was the bow ties that made Raymo happy.
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He was painted by Modigliani and Picarbia in a white shirt and tiny bow tie .
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That night, another of my presents was a bow tie .
window
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Mrs Healy saw him running as she looked from her bow window and knew that something must be amiss.
■ VERB
arm
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They are armed with bows and hand weapons.
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On the third morning, the White House People returned again, armed with bows and arrows.
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Any Mobs of wolf riders may be armed with short bows at an additional cost of +1 points per model.
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They were armed with bows and arrows, were all male and had shaved heads.
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The soldiers were armed with bows , swords, armour and long spears.
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Moorish infantry and cavalry, armed with bows , swords and spears, and carrying small round shields.
carry
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For self-defence therefore the sworn foresters were allowed to carry bows and arrows in the forest.
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Most of them were carrying bows , but even those who had arrows nocked were not aiming at anything in particular.
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He also carries a magic bow , as described below.
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In addition, Nicholas carried a short bow at his shoulder, with a quiver.
draw
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She felt he was drawing his bow across her heartstrings.
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In another version she draws her silver bow and shoots him through the head as he swims towards her.
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It reminded him of that moment years before when she had drawn and aimed the bow .
shoot
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She shoots well with the bow .
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A cannon shot across the bow .
use
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They haven't used their bows or their guns for four days.
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He never used much of the bow .
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Can you fight with a sword, or use a bow ?
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Finally the research vessel began to sidle sideways towards us, using its bow thrusters to close the gap with Hsu Fu.
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Brown Men only eat nuts, berries and apples, and use their bows and arrows to chase hunters away from innocent game.
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Pau brasil, the tree the country was named after, is used for violin bows .
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It may well have been used to make bows for local archers who went off to fight in the battle of Agincourt.
wear
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In correct rural circles, having your lawn turfed is regarded in the same light as wearing made-up bow ties.
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I was still wearing the bow tie Jasper had tied.
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Heroes, by contrast, may not wear bow ties or neckties, both of which are symbols of the decadent West.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An ivory quiver hung upon her left shoulder and in her hand was a bow .
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He tucked his letter inside the pink bow .
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Her blonde hair was pulled back into a smooth chignon and tied with a yellow silk bow .
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Moorish infantry and cavalry, armed with bows, swords and spears, and carrying small round shields.
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That night, another of my presents was a bow tie.
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We learn bow to learn, how to find out, what the general concepts are.
IV. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He took his had off and bowed slightly.
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When he made his rounds on a light-gray donkey, people bowed their heads and dared not look at his face.