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Meanings of kowtow in English

Catalan
agenollar-se

Bend the knees and bow in a servile manner.

agenollar-se

Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering.

Synonyms
Examples for "scrape"
Examples for "scrape"
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Friendliness in the country is not scrape, like it is in London.
The Wouldbegoods: Being the Further Adventures of the Treasure S...
2
Remove the skins from the bananas, scrape the surface as in Fig.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery. Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit ...
3
Four seconds later he heard the scrape of a latch drawing back.
The Wolf’s Hour
4
That he will scrape and beg for any hope of Chaya's return.
The windup girl
5
It took the family another two months to scrape together the cash.
Reuters
1
When our heart melts, our bodies morph into a vessel, the genuflect.
Feminist dot com
2
Obviously it's not new for Turnbull to genuflect to the right.
The Guardian
3
That doesn't mean we have to genuflect when he says Mass.
The Hyperion Cantos
4
Where the only cardinals around have wings, and they don't genuflect.
The new yorker
5
I feel like I'm supposed to genuflect or something.
Abaddon's Gate

A former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission.

Usage of kowtow in English
1
I didn't know-She has an overwhelming urge to kowtow before him.
The windup girl
2
Since when is it my job to kowtow to heathen vegetarians, anyway?
Happiness key
3
But it never is, because people like Steve cannot kowtow to anyone.
A colossal failure of common sense: the inside story of the coll...
4
You've gotten tired of reading that you kowtow to your banking clients.
Reuters
5
But more importantly, it's not just a statement or kowtow to government regulations.
Wired
6
He was not a man to kowtow to such ambiguities without argument, however.
Complete Books of Blood
7
This was a fellow who was used to having tenants kowtow and cringe.
11/22/63
8
Then she would press her hands together, kowtow, and pour out fervent prayers.
Petals from the sky
9
Audiences kowtow accordingly, on platforms whose templates further funnel their responses.
The Guardian
10
She told me: Whenever I give you small things you need not kowtow.
Two Years in the Forbidden City
11
Having forced her to kowtow, Long Sin turned to the assembled devil dancers.
The Exploits of Elaine
12
We dive down alleys so that we may not kowtow.
Men, Women, and Boats
13
In New York the '400' all kowtow to Von Taer.
Aunt Jane's Nieces in Society
14
If he has a family, they'll kowtow to him.
You can't stop me
15
No matter how servile he may be at home, everyone will kowtow to him abroad.
Villa Elsa / A Story of German Family Life
16
I mean, if she's a big star, won't the studio kind of kowtow to her?
Blood rites
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