Take bow.

Meaning: This means to bend your body as a way to acknowledge applause or praise from an audience.

Choice of Words: Take means to receive or accept something. Bow means to bend the body at the waist as a sign of respect or greeting. When you put them together, "take a bow" is an instruction to bend the body as a way of acknowledging applause or praise.

Alternative Expressions

Related Expressions

• The performers take a bow.
• The singers take a bow, beaming with pride.
• Dancers take bow.
• The singer takes a bow in appreciation.
• The singer took a bow.
• Clown took bow after amazing show.
• He took a bow, acknowledging the audience's applause.
• The hunter aimed his bow and arrow.
• Orchestra took a well-deserved bow.
• The actor took a bow at the end.