Define Take A Bow Meaning

To take a bow may refer to the physical act of bowing, and in figurative use, to the acknowledgment of praise.
Bowing (also called stooping) is the act of lowering the torso and head as a social gesture in direction to another person or symbol.

Someone who bows down whilst another bums him/her. Actors bow in rows at the end of a show, and the straight ones will have thier hands behind their backs to stop the gays behind entering.

What you say as you hit someone in the balls, as it causes them to double over as if they are bowing before an audience.