bow and scrape

/หŒbaสŠ ษ™n หˆskษนeษชp/

IPA: /B AW1 AH0 N D S K R EY0 P/

noun
  1. 1

    A deep formal bow with right leg drawn back touching the ground.

verb
  1. 1

    To make a deep bow with the right leg drawn back (thus scraping the floor), left hand pressed across the abdomen, right arm held aside.

  2. 2

    (by extension) To behave in a servile, obsequious, or excessively polite manner.

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