(informal) be forced to admit to
having made a mistake, as by retracting an emphatic
statement;
suffer humiliation.
(informao be forced to admit to
having made a mistake, as by retracting an emphatic
statement;
suffer humiliation.
(informal) be forced to admit to
having made a mistake, as by retracting an emphatic
statement;
suffer humiliation. -Willing as I was to accept suggestions and
data, only a handful of suggestions (less tnan twenty) had long-
run value and none were
major or
basic; and when I did accept
major or
basic suggestions and used them, we went astray and I repented and eventually had to "
eat crow."
(informal) be forced to admit to
having made a mistake, as by retracting an emphatic
statement;
suffer humiliation.
@ Willing as I was to accept suggestions and data, only a handful of suggestions (less than twenty) had long-run value and none were major or basic; and when I did accept major or basic suggestions and used them, we went astray and I repented and eventually had to "eat crow."