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Meanings of eat crow in English

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Usage of eat crow in English
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Seems no matter how it's served, fried or fricasseed, Elsie won't eat crow.
The next to die
2
Then they would all eat crow, every last man of them!
Never-Fail Blake
3
Bayliss, however, after a night of wakefulness, had decided to " eat crow."
The High School Left End; or, Dick & Co. Grilling on the Footbal...
4
Having to eat crow and take Microsoft's down-to-earth offer.
Wired
5
If I have to eat crow, I'll eat crow.
Hook
6
Then the adherents of one eleven eat crow.
The High School Freshmen; or, Dick & Co.'s First Year Pranks and...
7
But she reasoned that he would come back some day & she'd make him eat crow.
The new yorker
8
That's another people who'll have to eat crow.
Ebony
9
That meant for me to get Marc to eat cake, I'd have to eat crow first.
A taste of magic
10
You might have to eat crow.
The irish devil
11
He had to eat crow in front of the whole Council, relentlessly driven by his anal-retentive sense of duty and honor.
Storm front
12
You might not eat crow, even if you deserved to, but it would be nice if you made someone else soar.
Ebony
13
He would not have liked another king to do what he had done, and this once preferred to eat crow over risking argument.
The pretender's crown
14
Once I was Brahmin and proud man, and now I eat crows.
The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition
15
Now Stone is eating crow, saying "I did not do my homework."
Wired
16
Is eating crow the same as eating humble pie?
The Irish Times
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