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ate crow

ate crow is the simple past of eat crow.

Meaning of eat crow

Verb

eat crow (third-person singular simple present eats crow, present participle eating crow, simple past ate crow, past participle eaten crow)

  1. (US, idiomatic) To recognize that one has been shown to be mistaken or outdone, especially by admitting that one has made a humiliating error.
    • He must apologise, he saw that clearly enough, must eat crow, as he told himself.1901, Frank Norris, chapter 2, in The Octopus

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What is ate crow the simple past of?
Ate crow is the simple past of eat crow.

Words near ate crow in the dictionary

  1. ate away
  2. ate away at
  3. ate beaver
  4. ate boiled crow
  5. ate cookie
  6. ate crow
  7. ate cunt
  8. ate dirt
  9. ate down
  10. ate for two
  11. ate from the palm of someone's hand

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