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to eat dirt
01
to receive insults or bad treatment, especially without ever complaining
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Beispiele
He had to eat dirt for years before anyone respected his work.
02
seine Worte zurücknehmen, seine Aussage bereuen
to regret or feel bad about what one has said earlier
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Beispiele
After seeing how upset she was, he had to eat dirt for what he said.
Als er sah, wie aufgebracht sie war, musste er seine Worte zurücknehmen.
