eat humble pie

VERB

eat crow

Synonyms

WEAK

eat dirt eat one's words eat shit swallow one's pride tuck one's tail

VERB

grovel

Synonyms

STRONGEST

beseech fawn

STRONG

beg blandish bootlick brown-nose court cower crawl creep cringe crouch flatter humor implore kneel kowtow pamper prostrate revere snivel soft-soap stoop truckle wheedle

WEAK

apple-polish beg for mercy bow and scrape butter up cater to eat crow eat dirt fall all over humble oneself kiss one's feet make much of make up to play up to suck up to

Antonyms

STRONG

ignore

WEAK

boast

VERB

surrender

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abandon capitulate cede commit concede give in hand over leave quit relinquish renounce submit succumb waive yield

STRONG

consign entrust fall fold knuckle

WEAK

buckle under cave in cry uncle deliver up eat crow go along with go down go under knuckle under let go pack it in part with play dead put up white flag roll over throw in the towel toss it in

Antonyms

STRONGEST

come continue defend fight hold keep refuse reject retain win

WEAK

conquer surpass

Example Sentences

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One said they thought they would have to "eat humble pie" and admit their initial instinct "was wrong" and that "Rishi has squared the circle."

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2023

But the man has his limits; he’s not about to eat humble pie.

From The Guardian • Jan. 11, 2018

Have you ever had to eat humble pie?

From Washington Post • Nov. 9, 2017

Someone is going to have to eat humble pie, another club is going to have to take a risk; or a capable young player is going to waste his talents over the next 18 months.

From The Guardian • Dec. 7, 2015

"If father has to eat humble pie to Mr. Nugent on my account it will be simply rotten," she murmured.

From A Traitor's Wooing by Hill, Headon

eat humble pie

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