Sentence examples for eating crow from inspiring English sources

"eating crow" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means to admit one's mistake or defeat and accept the consequences of one's actions. Example: After losing the election, the politician was forced to eat crow and publicly acknowledge their defeat.

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eating crow

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Present participle of eat crow

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"Hopefully, we'll be eating crow".

"All those economists are now eating crow".

"The people that were dog cussing Les Miles are eating crow right now," Hebert said.

ABC is not crowing yet; Fox is not eating crow yet.

The trick in eating crow is to pretend it tastes good.

And he begins "Cold" with one of the sharpest openers in any genre this year: "I'm eating crow, babe".

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Now I eat crow.

I had to lower my hopes and eat crow.

I ate crow like it was my favorite Chinese food".

But many would happily eat crow if given the opportunity.

But she reasoned that he would come back some day & she'd make him eat crow.

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