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		kowtowkow‧tow /ˌkaʊˈtaʊ/ verb [intransitive] informal    kowtowOrigin: 1800-1900 Chinese ke tou  ‘to hit your head’; because when you bow very low you hit your head on the floor  VERB TABLEkowtow |
 | Present | I, you, we, they | kowtow |   | he, she, it | kowtows |  | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | kowtowed |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have kowtowed |   | he, she, it | has kowtowed |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had kowtowed |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will kowtow |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have kowtowed |  
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 | Present | I | am kowtowing |   | he, she, it | is kowtowing |   | you, we, they | are kowtowing |  | Past | I, he, she, it | was kowtowing |   | you, we, they | were kowtowing |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been kowtowing |   | he, she, it | has been kowtowing |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been kowtowing |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be kowtowing |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been kowtowing |  
     to be too eager to obey or be polite to someone in authoritykowtow to  We will not kowtow to the government.  |