bow to
Verb
Meaning
bow to (third-person singular simple present bows to, present participle bowing to, simple past and past participle bowed to)
To subserviently adhere to (a tradition, etc.).
He declined at first, but when his hosts insisted, he bowed to local custom and played his part in the ritual.
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I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or admit a right of inquiry into the religious opinions of others.
Bow to nothing, son. I make mistakes as well as any man. If you think me wrong, be so good as to damn well say so.
The artist must bow to the monster of his own imagination.
Let others hail the rising sun: I bow to that whose course is run.
They bow to you when borrowing, you bow to them when collecting.
No matter how the wind howls, the mountain will not bow to it.