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"ref": "1901, Frank Norris, chapter 2, in The Octopus",
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"ref": "1937 July 19, “Baseball Races”, in Time, archived from the original on 2008-12-06",
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"sense": "to recognize that one has mistaken",
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"sense": "to recognize that one has mistaken",
"word": "faire amende honorable"
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"sense": "to recognize that one has mistaken",
"word": "admettre son erreur"
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"sense": "to recognize that one has mistaken",
"word": "reconnaître son erreur"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to recognize that one has mistaken",
"word": "aller à Canossa"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to recognize that one has mistaken",
"word": "venir à Canossa"
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"sense": "to recognize that one has mistaken",
"word": "zu Kreuze kriechen"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to recognize that one has mistaken",
"word": "ingoiare il rospo"
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"english": "swallow the pill",
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"sense": "to recognize that one has mistaken",
"tags": [
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"word": "проглоти́ть пилю́лю"
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"code": "ru",
"english": "swallow the bitter pill",
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"roman": "proglotítʹ górʹkuju piljúlju",
"sense": "to recognize that one has mistaken",
"word": "проглоти́ть го́рькую пилю́лю"
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"code": "es",
"english": "eat toad",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to recognize that one has mistaken",
"word": "tragar sapos"
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"sense": "to recognize that one has mistaken",
"word": "krypa till korset"
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"word": "eat crow"
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