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meaning of "... to bow to someone pressure"



 
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meaning of "... to bow to someone pressure" #1 (permalink) Sat Feb 11, 2012 12:28 pm   meaning of "... to bow to someone pressure"		  
Could somebody explain meaning of" to bow to someone pressure"
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Re: meaning of "... to bow to someone pressure" #2 (permalink) Sat Feb 11, 2012 13:24 pm   Re: meaning of "... to bow to someone pressure"		  
It should be "bow to someone's pressure". In this case "bow" means "to cease from competition or resistance : submit, yield" (sense #1 at http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bow )
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