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to eat crow
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to admit to being wrong, usually in a humiliating or embarrassing way, and to suffer the consequences of one's mistake
Dialect
American
American![to [eat] crow definition and meaning](https://cdn.langeek.co/photo/40761/original/?type=jpeg "to [eat] crow definition and meaning")
Esempi
After insisting that he was right, John had to eat crow when the evidence proved him wrong.
The author had to eat crow and rewrite their manuscript after receiving harsh criticism from their editor.
