take a bow (English, verb)
expansion: take a bow (third-person singular simple present takes a bow, present participle taking a bow, simple past took a bow, past participle taken a bow)
Senses:
glosses: To bow (gesture of deference).
glosses: To accept praise, as performers in a theater at the end of their act.
tags: idiomatic
glosses: To end a performance; to leave.
tags: idiomatic
glosses: To take credit or blame for a particular outcome or circumstance.
tags: idiomatic
sarcastic
Forms:
form: takes a bow
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: taking a bow
tags: participle
present
form: took a bow
tags: past
form: taken a bow
tags: participle
past