take a bow
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Meaning · English
Receive credit or applause for something
Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt
nhận được tín nhiệm hoặc vỗ tay cho điều gì đó
Machine-translated — suggest a fix
Literally: make a bowing gesture
Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
The young composer called out of his electronic cocoon after a performance and taking his bows with the other musicians, a rare grin on his sweating face.
News Round - Up: More PEPs take a bow
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-31; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “take a bow” mean?
Receive credit or applause for something Literally: make a bowing gesture
Is “take a bow” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.