bow out in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for bow out in the English»French Dictionary

I.bow1 [Brit bəʊ, Am boʊ] N

I.bow2 [Brit baʊ, Am baʊ] N

I.hand [Brit hand, Am hænd] N

1. hand ANAT:

hands off inf!
pas touche! inf
hands off inf!

7. hand (possession):

I.out [aʊt] VB trans Out is used after many verbs in English to alter or reinforce the meaning of the verb (hold out, wipe out, filter out etc.). Very often in French, a verb alone will be used to translate these combinations. For translations you should consult the appropriate verb entry (hold, wipe, filter etc.).
When out is used as an adverb meaning outside, it often adds little to the sense of the phrase: they're out in the garden = they're in the garden. In such cases out will not usually be translated: ils sont dans le jardin.
out is used as an adverb to mean absent or not at home. In this case she's out really means she's gone out and the French translation is elle est sortie.
For the phrase out of see III. in the entry below.
For examples of the above and other uses, see the entry below.

See also wipe, hold, filter, come out

I.wipe [Brit wʌɪp, Am waɪp] N

II.wipe [Brit wʌɪp, Am waɪp] VB trans

I.hold <pret, pp held> [Brit həʊld, Am hoʊld] VB trans

II.hold <pret, pp held> [Brit həʊld, Am hoʊld] VB intr

IV.hold [Brit həʊld, Am hoʊld] N

I.filter [Brit ˈfɪltə, Am ˈfɪltər] N

II.filter [Brit ˈfɪltə, Am ˈfɪltər] VB trans

III.filter [Brit ˈfɪltə, Am ˈfɪltər] VB intr

I.keeping [Brit ˈkiːpɪŋ, Am ˈkipɪŋ] N (custody)

bow out in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for bow out in the English»French Dictionary

out → out of

See also out of, inside, in, in

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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He'd do better to bow out with grace.
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They managed to host a regional, only to go two and out and bow out early ending with a 4217 record.
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She also stated that she decided to bow out and refocus her energies on her consulting business.
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By then, she had lost her enthusiasm for acting and decided it was time to bow out gracefully from the entertainment industry.
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Other modifications sometimes used are cuts in various sections (gores) to cause some of the skirt to bow out.
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The team, who had an excellent round robin, would bow out in the first game of the playoffs, and finish with a 9-4 record.
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The first torpedo explosion lifted the ship's bow out of the water and threw up a column of water and flames about 100 feet into the air.
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He won by unanimous decision but injured his foot in the bout and was forced to bow out of the tournament.
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Squall lines typically bow out due to the formation of a mesoscale high pressure system which forms within the stratiform rain area behind the initial line.
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This allows the router to quickly set up the routing of the actual message and then bow out of the rest of the conversation.
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