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Grammar : Verb

Definition of eat humble pie

As in surrender : verb give up; resign
As in eat crow : verb humble oneself
As in grovel : verb abase, demean oneself

Example sentences :

No girl in our school would come and eat humble pie like this.
Extract from : « Hunter's Marjory » by Margaret Bruce Clarke

If I'm wrong I'll eat humble pie, but I'm not eatin' any now, thank you.
Extract from : « The House 'Round the Corner » by Gordon Holmes

Of course she would have to eat humble pie about the war, but he was the last man to say “I told you so!”
Extract from : « Good Old Anna » by Marie Belloc Lowndes

I shrewdly suspect that that estimable gentleman is going to eat humble pie, of my baking, from his wife's recipe.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

He'll hate to have to eat humble pie to Bruce after all his din against Bruce's way of thinking.
Extract from : « Miss Pat at School » by Pemberton Ginther

She had expected him to eat humble pie, to throw himself at her feet and implore forgiveness; but, no!
Extract from : « When Dreams Come True » by Ritter Brown

If this was an impracticable course to pursue, it was evident that he must abandon it and eat humble pie.
Extract from : « Brooke's Daughter » by Adeline Sergeant

I do really assure you she won't; it's only wasting your time, and making you eat humble pie.
Extract from : « A Family Man (From the Fifth Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy

"If father has to eat humble pie to Mr. Nugent on my account it will be simply rotten," she murmured.
Extract from : « A Traitor's Wooing » by Headon Hill

He had thought himself in an unpleasant fix before; and that to escape scot free he must eat humble pie with a bad grace.
Extract from : « The Castle Inn » by Stanley John Weyman

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