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eats crow

eats crow is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 eats crow the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Eats crow is the third-person singular simple present indicative of eat crow.

Words near eats crow in the dictionary

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

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