How do you pronounce kowtow?

kowtow is pronounced as /ˌkaʊˈtaʊ/.

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kowtow

🙏kowtow (kaoutaou)

verb

/ˌkaʊˈtaʊ/

agir de manière excessivement servile (agir de manière excessivement servile)

korean kudos

Signification

To act in an excessively subservient or obedient manner.

Traduction de la signification

agir de manière excessivement soumise ou obéissante

Phrases d'exemple

He refused to kowtow to the unreasonable demands.

Il a refusé de se soumettre aux demandes déraisonnables.

Synonymes

bow, submit, yield, obey, grovel

Antonymes

resist, defy, oppose

Collocations

kowtow to authority, kowtow to demands, kowtow attitude

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