make one's bow

/ˈmeɪk wʌnz ˈbaʊ/

verb

To bow, to make a bow (respectful gesture).

“The new product will make its bow on the world market this summer.”

Opposite
take a bow
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verbmake one's bow (third-person singular simple present makes one's bow, present participle making one's bow, simple past and past participle made one's bow)

present singular third person makes one's bow · participle present making one's bow · participle past made one's bow · past made one's bow

  1. To bow, to make a bow (respectful gesture).
  2. idiomaticTo debut, to bow.

    The new product will make its bow on the world market this summer.

    1 more example

    The first named one, it will be observed, is but a debutant. It makes its bow in a drab-colored Quaker-looking dress, and barring a lively McGrawler-like critique upon " Lewis' Poems," is staid and professorial in its tone.

    1832, “Literary Notices”, in The Rail-Road Journal, volume 1, number 1, page 123

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
take a bow
Cite this entry
APA

make one's bow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20one's%20bow

MLA

“make one's bow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20one's%20bow. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “make one's bow,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20one's%20bow.

Source: make one's bow on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.