Definition of ate humble pie

eat humble pie    

verb

• to acknowledge that one was incorrect about a disagreement, when one had been unpleasant about it before. Regarding the unpleasantness - some examples are: yelling that they were correct or phrasing their viewpoint in a derogatory way.

  Person 1: The earth orbits the sun. Everyone knows that! I can't believe how stupid you are!
  
  Person 2: Take a look at this encyclopedia. It clearly states that's not true.
  
  Person 1: Oh, you're right. Sorry about that.
  
  Person 3: You eat that humble pie and you enjoy it!

  Last edited on Aug 29 2015. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 29 2015.

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Other terms relating to 'eat':
ate up	Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird".
ate up with stupid	Definitions include: stupid.
ate up with the dumb *ss	Definitions include: strange / stupid.
BFFWEOAGSA	Definitions include: acronym for "best friends forever who eat out and go shopping a lot".
b*tch eating crackers	Definitions include: The idea that when you are annoyed by someone enough, you get annoyed with anything and everything they do, even innocent things like eating crackers.
cheese-eating surrender monkey	Definitions include: a Frenchman.
creampie eating	Definitions include: a sexual practice: oral sex performed on a freshly inseminated vagina.
dog ate (one's) lunch	Definitions include: you're in big trouble.
EAD	Definitions include: acronym of "eat a dick."
E and R	Definitions include: An acronym for eat and run.
eat	Definitions include: to bother or upset.
eat a b*tch	Definitions include: expresses displeasure towards another individual.
eat a d*ck	Definitions include: insulting retort.
eat a furburger	Definitions include: to perform cunnilingus.
eat and run	Definitions include: To eat a meal at a restaurant and leave without paying.
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Other terms relating to 'humble':
humble	Definitions include: a minor legal infraction such as jaywalking, carrying an open container of alcohol, driving on a suspended license, etc.
humble pie	Definitions include: For example, imagine a person in an argument jumping up and down and yelling that their stance is correct.
IMHO	Definitions include: acronym for "in my humble opinion".
IMNSHO	Definitions include: acronym for "in my, not so humble opinion".
Other terms relating to 'pie':
as pleased as pie	Definitions include: See pleased as pie.
cooter berry pie	Definitions include: vagina.
cow pie	Definitions include: cow feces.
cutie pie	Definitions include: a very cute person, of any age.
easy as pie	Definitions include: very easy.
eat fur pie	Definitions include: to perform cunnilingus.
eat hair pie	Definitions include: to perform cunnilingus.
fur pie	Definitions include: the vulva, especially if unshaven.
hair pie	Definitions include: vulva.
humble pie	Definitions include: For example, imagine a person in an argument jumping up and down and yelling that their stance is correct.
like *ss pie	Definitions include: disgustingly.
pie	Definitions include: a pizza.
pie-eyed	Definitions include: extremely drunk.
pie-face	Definitions include: a very round face.
pie faced	Definitions include: extremely drunk, stoned, or otherwise inebriated.
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