Definitions from Wiktionary (bow and scrape)
▸ verb: To make a deep bow with the right leg drawn back (thus scraping the floor), left hand pressed across the abdomen, right arm held aside.
▸ verb: (idiomatic, by extension) To behave in a servile, obsequious, or excessively polite manner.
▸ noun: A deep formal bow with right leg drawn back touching the ground.
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▸ verb: To make a deep bow with the right leg drawn back (thus scraping the floor), left hand pressed across the abdomen, right arm held aside.
▸ verb: (idiomatic, by extension) To behave in a servile, obsequious, or excessively polite manner.
▸ noun: A deep formal bow with right leg drawn back touching the ground.
Similar:
scrape,
make a leg,
take a bow,
embow,
outbow,
bow down,
make one's bow,
backscratch,
butt up,
backbend,
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