How to pronounce “bow and scrape”

Meaning

• [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.
• (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.

Practice Nearby Words

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