make one's bow
verb/ˈmeɪk wʌnz ˈbaʊ/
1
To bow, to make a bow (respectful gesture).
2
Idiomatic To debut, to bow.
- The new product will make its bow on the world market this summer.
- 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:
- Antonyms
- take a bow