Question of the Day #668

Winning their remaining league games of the season will hardly be enough for them to get them into the European places, but they still don’t have to bow out just yet.

From the 4th paragraph of this article at Just Arsenal.

上記の文で、bow outの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "bow out" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. 〔おじぎをして部屋から〕出て行く、退出する
2. 身を引く、辞任する

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

RETIRE, WITHDRAW
also: LOSE

Examples

• quite embarrassingly, the top-seeded player bowed out in the first round of competition
• She'll be bowing out at the end of the month, after hosting the programme for eight years.
• He said he was bowing out of the race for senator.
• He had bowed out gracefully when his successor had been appointed.
• That would be the only graceful way to bow out of Clayton's, the only way not to infuriate Andrew McClintock. Gaskin, Catherine

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