bow down before (someone)

To obey, pledge allegiance, or submit one's will to someone, especially in a reverential or servile manner. My allegiance is to my own country; I'll never bow down before you! The autocratic CEO all but makes his employees bow down before him.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Francene	fran-SEEN	English (Rare)
Aristotle	AR-ə-stah-təl (English), ER-ə-stah-təl (English)	Ancient Greek (Anglicized)
PatrÍCia	pə-TREE-syə (Portuguese)	Slovak, Portuguese
Aesculapius	[.i:skju'leipjəs]
Ksenia	KSEN-yah	Polish
Lindsey	LINDZ-ee	English, Scottish