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bow down

verb as in idolize

verb as in kneel

Strongest match

verb as in prostrate

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Independence may well be the modern day Golden Calf to which far too many of us bow down and worship.

But as we bow down to worship at the altar of BritBrit, we also recognize that Spears may be the last of those divine divas.

And why exactly does Beyoncé need real or imagined women to bow down to her in first place?

“We will never bow down to political pressure,” Nancy Brinker said in the YouTube video.

But I am even more worried about the bow-down-and-blindly-worship followers who seem to have lost all sense of perspective.

He would fear what he did not understand, and he would bow down and pay homage to what he feared.

You will ask for bread; dead bodies will be given you, and you at last will bow down your own necks to the yoke.

England would never again send a Preston or a Skelton to bow down before the majesty of France.

You must know how I admire and bow down before your artistic modesty and your great strength of character!

They all now bow down to him, father and sons alike, and the only strife now is who shall render him the most honor.

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On this page you'll find 152 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to bow down, such as: admire, adore, revere, venerate, apotheosize, and canonize.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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