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eat humble pie

VERB
eat crow
Synonyms
WEAK
eat dirt eat one's words eat shit swallow one's pride tuck one's tail
VERB
grovel
Synonyms
STRONGEST
beseech fawn
STRONG
beg blandish bootlick brown-nose court cower crawl creep cringe crouch flatter humor implore kneel kowtow pamper prostrate revere snivel soft-soap stoop truckle wheedle
WEAK
apple-polish beg for mercy bow and scrape butter up cater to eat crow eat dirt fall all over humble oneself kiss one's feet make much of make up to play up to suck up to
Antonyms
STRONG
ignore
WEAK
boast
VERB
surrender
Synonyms
STRONGEST
abandon capitulate cede commit concede give in hand over leave quit relinquish renounce submit succumb waive yield
STRONG
consign entrust fall fold knuckle
WEAK
buckle under cave in cry uncle deliver up eat crow go along with go down go under knuckle under let go pack it in part with play dead put up white flag roll over throw in the towel toss it in
Antonyms
STRONGEST
come continue defend fight hold keep refuse reject retain win
WEAK
conquer surpass

Example Sentences

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One said they thought they would have to "eat humble pie" and admit their initial instinct "was wrong" and that "Rishi has squared the circle."

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2023

But the man has his limits; he’s not about to eat humble pie.

From The Guardian • Jan. 11, 2018

Have you ever had to eat humble pie?

From Washington Post • Nov. 9, 2017

Someone is going to have to eat humble pie, another club is going to have to take a risk; or a capable young player is going to waste his talents over the next 18 months.

From The Guardian • Dec. 7, 2015

The Governor seemed to be a man of considerable importance, I thought; but even he has to curl up and eat humble pie when this man speaks to him.”

From A Chinese Command A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas by Webb, Archibald