English / phrasal verb
bow down
MEANING IN ENGLISH
To surrender, bend under forceful pressure, or yield to resistance
In context
01
Clean energy advocates refuse to bow down to heavy political pressure from traditional fossil fuel lobbies.
02
Aerodynamic wind turbine towers are engineered carefully so they will never bow down during coastal hurricanes.
Synonyms
submit,yield,succumb
Antonyms
resist,withstand,defy
Collocations
bow down to pressure,refuse to bow down,bow down before authority