Definition of eat crow

eat crow

verb

• to swallow one's pride and apologize for some offense.

  I had to eat crow once again.

                                                                        
  
  Citation from "Four Little Words", American Dad! (TV), Season 2 Episode 15 (2007) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: apologies (list of).

  Last edited on Apr 11 2013. Submitted by Dr. P. from Taylor, MI, USA on Jan 27 2003.

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Other terms relating to 'apologies (list of)':
soz	Definitions include: sorry.
(one's) bad	Definitions include: See my bad.
bad	Definitions include: very good, excellent.
excuse me all to hell	Definitions include: an apology.
my bad	Definitions include: an apology.
sorry not sorry	Definitions include: an insincere apology.
sry	Definitions include: abbreviated form of "sorry".

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Other terms relating to 'crow':
as the crow flies	Definitions include: in a straight line.
nothing to crow about	Definitions include: something bad - i.e. not worth talking about.
something to crow about	Definitions include: something good - i.e. worth talking about.
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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