eat crow

[eat crow] {v. phr.}

To admit you are mistaken or defeated; take back a mistaken statement.

* /John had boasted that he would play on the first team; but when the coach did not choose him, he had to eat crow./

* /Fred said he could beat the new man in boxing, but he lost and had to eat crow./

Compare: BACK DOWN, EAT HUMBLE PIE, EAT ONE'S WORDS.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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