Retire gracefully (3,3)
I believe the answer is:
bow out
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">retire gracefully</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for bow out that I've seen before include "What a string player often gets" , "Exit; retire" , "Retire gracefully" , "Retire from the scene with bodily gesture of acknowledgement?" , "Withdraw from a situation" .)