eat crow

idiom

US, informal
: to admit that one was wrong or accept that one has been defeated
He was forced to eat crow when the company fired him.

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“Eat crow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eat%20crow. Accessed 7 Dec. 2022.

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