Person grabbing tie, individual showed respect (5,4)

I believe the answer is:

bowed down

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'showed respect' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'person grabbing tie individual' is the wordplay.
'person' becomes 'bod' (bod can informally mean a person or body).
'grabbing' is an insertion indicator.
'tie' becomes 'wed' (synonyms).
'individual' becomes 'own' (as in someone's individual or own thing).
'bod' enclosing 'wed' is 'bowedd'.
'bowedd'+'own'='BOWED DOWN'

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