bow to demands



bow to someone's demands

Fig. to yield to someone's demands; to agree to do something that someone has requested. In the end, they had to bow to our demands. We refused to bow to their demands that we abandon the project.
See also: bow, demand

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Petronilla-Italian, Late Roman
Gerdina-Dutch
Eira (1)-Welsh
ChristaKRIS-tah (German), KRIS-tə (English)German, Danish, English
Graziellagraht-SYEL-lahItalian
FlanneryFLAN-ə-reeEnglish (Rare)