OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 19800

eat crow

/ˌit ˈkɹoʊ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
tragar sapos
To recognize that one has been shown to be mistaken or outdone, especially by admitting that one has made a humiliating error.
He must apologise, he saw that clearly enough, must eat crow, as he told himself.
The Nationals started with Jerome Herman ("Dizzy") Dean, who reveled in striking out Lou Gehrig in the first inning. Gehrig made Dean eat crow in the third inning by smashing a hom…
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