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stand corrected

stand corrected verb: to acknowledge, after someone else's correction of a statement one made, that this statement was indeed incorrect and that this correction is justified.

Verb

stand corrected (third-person singular simple present stands corrected, present participle standing corrected, simple past and past participle stood corrected)

  1. (idiomatic) To acknowledge, after someone else's correction of a statement one made, that this statement was indeed incorrect and that this correction is justified.

Forms of stand corrected

third-person singular presentstands corrected
present participlestanding corrected
past participlestood corrected
paststood corrected

Words formed from stand corrected

Questions about stand corrected

What does stand corrected mean?
Stand corrected means to acknowledge, after someone else's correction of a statement one made, that this statement was indeed incorrect and that this correction is justified.
What part of speech is stand corrected?
Stand corrected is a verb.
What is the past tense of stand corrected?
The past tense of stand corrected is stood corrected.

Words near stand corrected in the dictionary

  1. stand back
  2. stand behind
  3. stand between
  4. stand by
  5. stand confessed
  6. stand corrected
  7. stand down
  8. stand easy
  9. stand fast
  10. stand fast the Holy Ghost
  11. stand fire

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