Idiom
bow and scrape
Meaning
To behave in a servile, obsequious, or excessively polite manner.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He does not like to bow and scrape to his boss.”
“The ambitious intern felt he had to bow and scrape to the senior partners to get a promotion.”
“The courtier was known to bow and scrape before the king, hoping that such displays of humility would secure him a favorable position in the royal household.”
Examples
simple
“He does not like to bow and scrape to his boss.”
contextual
“The ambitious intern felt he had to bow and scrape to the senior partners to get a promotion.”
complex
“The courtier was known to bow and scrape before the king, hoping that such displays of humility would secure him a favorable position in the royal household.”
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