Definition of eat crow
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 6 May. 2021.
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