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Definition of: kowtow
(kou′tou′, kō′-) noun
A Chinese form of obeisance: kneeling and touching the forehead to the ground before a superior.
—v.i.
1. To make such obeisance.
2. To act in an obsequious or servile manner. Also ko·tow (kō′tou′). [<Chinese k'o-t'ou, lit., knock the head]
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