eat crow

Meaning

Verb

To recognize that one has been shown to be mistaken or outdone, especially by admitting that one has made a humiliating error.

Origin

First appeared in the 1870s in America in the form eat boiled crow. Unknown origin, but probably a reference to the meat of the crow being very unappetizing.

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