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Know Your English – The Hindu (Jul 23, 2017)

Know Your English – The Hindu (Jul 23, 2017)

What is the meaning and origin of ‘to eat crow’? (Krishna Kumar, Thiruvananthapuram)

This American expression is mostly used in informal contexts to mean ‘to be humiliated’.

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