Eat-humble-pie Definition
verb
(idiomatic, intransitive) To admit one's faults; to make a humiliating apology.
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Synonyms:
- admit an error
- beg pardon
- ask pardon
- be humiliated
Origin of Eat-humble-pie
The spoken phrase a numble pie (a pie made from the entrails of a deer) was re-interpreted as an umble pie, then written as (a) humble pie, whereafter the figurative meaning developing.
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