Usually means: Gesture of respect or acknowledgment.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word take a bow:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. take a bow: Merriam-Webster
  2. take a bow, take a bow: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. take a bow: Collins English Dictionary
  4. take a bow: Vocabulary.com
  5. take a bow: Wiktionary
  6. take a bow: Dictionary.com
  7. Take A Bow (Rihanna song), Take a Bow (Leona Lewis song), Take a Bow (Madonna song), Take a Bow (Rihanna song), Take a Bow (TV series), Take a Bow (album), Take a Bow, Take a bow: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. take a bow: Rhymezone
  9. take a bow: FreeDictionary.org
  10. take a bow: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. take a bow: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. take a bow: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. take a bow: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (take a bow)

verb:  To bow (gesture of deference).
verb:  (idiomatic) To accept praise, as performers in a theater at the end of their act.
verb:  (idiomatic) To end a performance; to leave.
verb:  (idiomatic, sarcasm) To take credit or blame for a particular outcome or circumstance.

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