bow out

You may also have to delay a purchase you had been looking forward to making, or bow out of an event.

In many European countries workers bow out earlier and can look forward to drawing their pensions for up to a quarter of a century.

Mr. Smith held different views form his partners, finally he had to bow out of the Company management.

Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.

But if you leave out a pole, creating the equivalent of a hole, part of the tent can sag, or bow out, or ripple unpredictably in the wind.

And, of course, we were sorry to see our good friend Andy bow out against Murray.

no brace will hold you gently as you bow out of this your life on earth to eat the dust on another world.

If friendly water-cooler chitchat is turning into an emotionally charged interrogation , bow out of the conversation gracefully.

With the help of a compound and a light source, we're granting that cell the ability to bow out gracefully.

As the old ruling circle has turned against him, even threatening him with imprisonment, he has boldly refused to bow out.

The defending champion had to bow out in the first round of the tournament due to illness. What a shame!

Indeed, few are certain that Mr Saleh, famed for his guile, is sincere in promising to bow out for good.

"I can't save you, " she would calmly state in answer to my pleas to bow out of the lessons.

It is essential that Africa as a whole gets used to the idea that ruling parties bow out when they are rejected at the ballot box.

What's it cost to gracefully bow out of that?

If you know the crowd is planning something you disagree with, have the courage to bow out politely.

And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.

Mr Aso might yet bow out, allowing one more boundlessly self-regarding buggins to contest the next election for the LDP.

Mr. Crispino and Mr. Lisa are the first Council members to bow out of the special election this fall.

In the case that you just can't work with a client, bow out gracefully.

Many baby-boomers say they never want to bow out altogether, though they would often prefer to put in shorter hours.

I decided the best thing to do was to graciously bow out.

I'm afraid we're going to have to bow out early.

and then if you don't want to see me again, l swear l'll bow out.

You don't know how it will go, and leave both parties the opportunity to bow out gracefully with no hurt feelings.

His forced departure to Saudi Arabia raised hopes for many that he would bow out at last.

This is part of an older problem: the refusal of a defeated incumbent to accept defeat and bow out.

The old leader decided to bow out .

Most already know of this and are considering how they will bow out.

My mother used to bow out guests.

Bow out, cowboy. I'm not gonna warn you no more.

While the movie was being filmed, the star got sick and had to bow out.

We may do one more performance before we bow out.

It's time for the clown to bow out, Arkham.

While the movie was being filmed, the star got sick and bad to bow out .

She didn't want to compain anymore, so she decided to bow out.

Can you bow out when they're shouting your name?

Their game is up, it's time for them to bow out.

Don't expect the latest coup-leader to bow out in a hurry