[
US
/ˈkaʊˈtaʊ, ˈkoʊˈtoʊ/
]
[ UK /kˈaʊtaʊ/ ]
[ UK /kˈaʊtaʊ/ ]
NOUN
- a former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission
VERB
- bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
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try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
He is always kowtowing to his boss
How To Use kowtow In A Sentence
- Too bad CBS kowtowed to the so called “savior with a smile” in Tim Tebow. Think Progress » NCAA pulls Focus on the Family ad over complaints about the group’s homophobic positions.
- The kowtow was the stumbling block; the foreigners were willing to do only such obeisance to the Chinese emperor as they would do to their own sovereigns.
- Fiercely proud to be British, he said it made him miserable to ‘have our prime minister kowtow to a power junkie in Washington’.
- He emphasized his ‘refusal to kowtow to the Occupiers.’
- He kowtows, septic skull to the pavement, eyes crusting with small, yellow horrors. Day 7: Pigeon Savant
- She has been jailed because she refused to kowtow to a government demand that would make any independent reporting virtually impossible.
- AND MORE RESISTANCE: Even Obama, who has kowtowed to Netanyahu for years, struck back against being insulted and demeaned -- and more important, thousands of Americans made clear they too believe in a peace settlement based on the 1967 boundaries with mutually agreed land swaps. Rabbi Arthur Waskow: The Worst And Best Of Times: Arrogance And Resistance
- What is most frightening, of course, is the obscene philosophy of machtpolitik -- the craven kowtowing to the demands of brute force -- that is embodied in Judge Brown's chilling words: "War is a challenge to law, and the law must adjust. The Lie of Law: Courts Bow to State's Raw Power
- It forbids forcing every American to kowtow to the beliefs of any sect.
- He "kowtowed" some more, and at the answer of the chattering savage we looked at Annie. Pardners
