From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbow to somebody/something phrasal verbAGREEto finally agree to do something, even though you do not want to do it Congress may bow to public pressure and lift the arms embargo. Myers finally bowed to the inevitable (=accepted something he could not change) and withdrew from the campaign. → bow→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
bowed to the inevitable• I sighed and bowed to the inevitable.• He finally bowed to the inevitable after 61 minutes, when he was visibly hobbling around.• The Government bowed to the inevitable after other countries threatened to outvote it.• Last week Chen's company bowed to the inevitable and closed its doors. 