take a bow

[take a bow] {v. phr.}

To stand up or come on a stage to be clapped for or praised for success.

* /The audience shouted for the author of the play to take a bow./

* /The basketball team should take a bow for fine work this season./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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