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Antonyms for eat humble pie


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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