to agree unwillingly to do sth because other people want you to :
They finally bowed to pressure from the public.
She bowed to the inevitable (= accepted a situation in which she had no choice) and resigned.
to agree unwillingly to do sth because other people want you to :
They finally bowed to pressure from the public.
She bowed to the inevitable (= accepted a situation in which she had no choice) and resigned.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005