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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This isn’t the first time Biden has been forced to eat crow for his progressive policies.
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Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 4 July 2022
After being considered a negative impact player for many years because of his defensive shortcomings, DeRozan is having a blast making everyone eat crow.
—Shane Young, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2022
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had to eat crow in 2009 when tiny Honduras refused to obey her decree to reinstate a former sitting president who had been legally deposed by the military.
—Mary Anastasia O’Grady, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2021
Call him and eat crow.
—Seija Rankin, EW.com, 25 Aug. 2021
Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 4 July 2022
After being considered a negative impact player for many years because of his defensive shortcomings, DeRozan is having a blast making everyone eat crow.
—Shane Young, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2022
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had to eat crow in 2009 when tiny Honduras refused to obey her decree to reinstate a former sitting president who had been legally deposed by the military.
—Mary Anastasia O’Grady, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2021
Call him and eat crow.
—Seija Rankin, EW.com, 25 Aug. 2021
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