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Mia Le
2021-04-26 11:04
To eat crow American to-infinitive
If someone eats crow, they admit that they have been wrong and apologize, especially in situations where this is humiliating or embarrassing for them.
I have to eat crow for my false assumptions to Peter.
I told with the whole class that I'm going to win the debate competition. If I don't win, I will have to eat crow.
Thinking Steve stole her wallet makes Liza eat crow.
The phrase starts with a verb, therefore, it needs to conjugate within the sentence.
According to the research of Word Histories, to eat crow first appeared in 1850 in a story the Buffalo Daily Courier (Buffalo, New York) and became so popular for over two decades.
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To encounter bad luck, or being picked doing something undesirable
Mike drew the short straw and had to clean the bathroom
