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eats humble pie

eats humble pie is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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Eats humble pie is the third-person singular simple present indicative of eat humble pie.

Words near eats humble pie in the dictionary

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

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