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bow down to (someone)
bow down to (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 to you! The autocratic CEO all but makes his employees bow down to him.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Bruna | | - | Italian, Portuguese, Croatian |
| Mairwen | | - | Welsh |
| Salomon | | sa-lo-MAWN (French) | French, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek |
| Kaolin | | - | English (Rare) |
| LorcÁN | | LOR-kan | Irish |
| Phyllida | | FIL-i-də | English (Rare) |