eat crow
Verb
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Verb
eat crow
- (chiefly, US, idiomatic) To recognize that one has been shown to be mistaken or outdone, especially by admitting that one has made a humiliating error.
- French: faire amende honorable, admettre son erreur, reconnaître son erreur, aller à Canossa, venir à Canossa
- German: die bittere Pille schlucken, zu Kreuze kriechen, Kreide fressen
- Russian: проглоти́ть пилю́лю
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