take a bow

1. 1.

   acknowledge praise or accept credit

   “They finally took a bow for what they did”

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2. 2.

   acknowledge applause by inclining the head, as of an artist after a performance

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Questions about take a bow

What does take a bow mean?

take a bow means "acknowledge praise or accept credit". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is take a bow a common word?

take a bow is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.