"eat crow" meaning in Anglais

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Verb

Audio: En-au-eat crow.ogg Forms: to eat crow [infinitive], eats crow [present, third-person, singular], ate crow [preterite], eaten crow [participle, past], eating crow [participle, present]
  1. Accepter une défaite humiliante.
    Sense id: fr-eat_crow-en-verb-JbtSHUup Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire, Anglais des États-Unis
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    "(XIXᵉ siècle) Apparu dans les années 1870 aux États-Unis sour la forme eat boiled crow. D’origine inconnue - mais probablement parce que la viande du corbeau est peu appétissante.",
    "Composé de eat et de crow."
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