I bow out
I step aside
To bow out is to withdraw gracefully from a situation, competition, or responsibility—stepping aside rather than continuing.
The phrase suggests a dignified exit, like an actor bowing before leaving the stage: I'm going to bow out of this discussion before it gets heated, She bowed out of the race when the poll numbers dropped.
- withdrawRemove or pull away
- resignVoluntarily leave office
- retireCease employment permanently
- step asideWithdraw from a position
- exitWay to leave
quit · call it quits · step down · surrender · throw in the towel · concede · retreat · departure · graceful · curtain call · farewell · bid farewell · yield · decline · beg off · back away · leave · stage
- Resignationresign, resigned, I give up, I surrender, I concede
- surrendersurrender, surrenders, surrendering, I surrender, capitulate