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Kowtow Respectful Submissive Giving Wishes Person Organisation Authority

Phrase/Idiom kowtow to someone
Definition If you are very respectful and submissive, giving way to the wishes of a person or organisation in authority in order to please them, you kowtow to them.
Example She refused to kowtow to us anymore.

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