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To acknowledge, after someone else's correction of a statement one made, that this statement was indeed incorrect and that this correction is justified.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
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Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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German:
sich berichtigen müssen
— to acknowledge, after someone else's correction of a statement one made, that this statement was indeed incorrect and that this correction is justified — see also I stand corrected
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German:
sich eines Besseren belehren lassen müssen
— to acknowledge, after someone else's correction of a statement one made, that this statement was indeed incorrect and that this correction is justified — see also I stand corrected
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German:
falsch gelegen haben
— to acknowledge, after someone else's correction of a statement one made, that this statement was indeed incorrect and that this correction is justified — see also I stand corrected
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German:
etwas zurücknehmen müssen
— to acknowledge, after someone else's correction of a statement one made, that this statement was indeed incorrect and that this correction is justified — see also I stand corrected
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Hungarian:
beismeri/elismeri tévedését/hibáját
— to acknowledge, after someone else's correction of a statement one made, that this statement was indeed incorrect and that this correction is justified — see also I stand corrected
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Japanese:
誤りを認める
(ayamari o mitomeru)
— to acknowledge, after someone else's correction of a statement one made, that this statement was indeed incorrect and that this correction is justified — see also I stand corrected
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Japanese:
間違いを認める
(machigai o mitomeru)
— to acknowledge, after someone else's correction of a statement one made, that this statement was indeed incorrect and that this correction is justified — see also I stand corrected
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Japanese:
謹んで御訂正を受く
(tsutsushinde goteisei o uku)
— to acknowledge, after someone else's correction of a statement one made, that this statement was indeed incorrect and that this correction is justified — see also I stand corrected
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Navajo:
kʼééshiʼdisdǫǫdgo sézį́
— to acknowledge, after someone else's correction of a statement one made, that this statement was indeed incorrect and that this correction is justified — see also I stand corrected
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Polish:
poprawię się
— to acknowledge, after someone else's correction of a statement one made, that this statement was indeed incorrect and that this correction is justified — see also I stand corrected
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Spanish:
permanecer corregido
— to acknowledge, after someone else's correction of a statement one made, that this statement was indeed incorrect and that this correction is justified — see also I stand corrected