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eaten humble pie

eaten humble pie is the past participle of eat humble pie.

Meaning of eat humble pie

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To admit one's faults; to make a humiliating apology.
    • They were good-natured enough out of their cups, and ate their humble-pie with very good appetites at a reconciliation dinner which Colonel W. had with the 44th, and where he was as perfectly stupid and correct as Prince Prettyman need be. Hang him!1857–1858, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, chapter XII, in The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century, volume I, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1858, →OCLC

Questions about eaten humble pie

What is eaten humble pie the past participle of?
Eaten humble pie is the past participle of eat humble pie.

Words near eaten humble pie in the dictionary

  1. eaten cunt
  2. eaten dirt
  3. eaten down
  4. eaten for two
  5. eaten from the palm of someone's hand
  6. eaten humble pie
  7. eaten in
  8. eaten into
  9. eaten it
  10. eaten lead
  11. eaten like a bird

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