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Choose the correct meaning of the idiom: Eat crow

1. Enjoy luxurious food
2. Give lavish charity
3. Suffer physical punishment
4. Admit one's error and endure humiliation

Correct answer: Admit one's error and endure humiliation

Solution

"Eat crow" means to admit one’s mistake or defeat, often in a humiliating way. It does not refer to food or punishment.

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