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eat crow
verb as in humble oneself
Example Sentences
Fox News created Trumpism, and yet can no longer control it, which leaves the network in the uncomfortable position of having to choose whether to give its viewers what they don’t want—i.e., straight talk about the extent of Trump’s unsuitability for office—or making the lucrative albeit humiliating choice to eat crow and reboard the Trump train for 2024.
“We keep being asked to pivot, pivot, pivot. We keep being asked to eat crow,” says actor and writer Brendan Bradley.
When Watters responded, "This is garbage," Graham was forced to eat crow.
And they may have to eat crow after the election.
She doesn’t think control of the House will rest on the 3rd District outcome, adding if a Kent loss does cost the GOP a majority, “I will eat crow and feel real bad.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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