Phrase guide
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verb
To recognize that one has been shown to be mistaken or outdone, especially by admitting that one has made a humiliating error.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, idiomatic
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
First appeared in the US in the 1870s under the form eat boiled crow. Further origin unknown. Crow meat is considered unfit for consumption, but this is true of very many animals. Compare perhaps the association of black birds with misfortune.
Across languages
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
