make one's bow

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪk wʌnz ˈbaʊ/

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Verb

make one's bow (third-person singular simple present makes one's bow, present participle making one's bow, simple past and past participle made one's bow)

1. To bow, to make a bow (respectful gesture).
2. (idiomatic) To debut, to bow.

   The new product will make its bow on the world market this summer.

   • 1832, “Literary Notices”, in The Rail-Road Journal‎^[1], volume 1, number 1, page 123:

     The first named one, it will be observed, is but a debutant. It makes its bow in a drab-colored Quaker-looking dress, and barring a lively McGrawler-like critique upon " Lewis' Poems," is staid and professorial in its tone.

Antonyms

• take a bow

See also

• Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take