Search
to eat crow
01
to admit to being wrong, usually in a humiliating or embarrassing way, and to suffer the consequences of one's mistake
![to [eat] crow definition and meaning](https://cdn.langeek.co/photo/40761/original/?type=jpeg "to [eat] crow definition and meaning")
Example
The manager had to eat crow and admit that the project was behind schedule after promising the client it would be completed on time.
The company had to eat crow and apologize to its customers after a major data breach exposed their personal information.
The scientist had to eat crow and revise their theory after new evidence contradicted their original findings.
After insisting that he was right, John had to eat crow when the evidence proved him wrong.
The investor had to eat crow and admit that they made a bad decision after losing a significant amount of money on a stock.
Nearby Words
