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I stand corrected
formalDefinition
› used to admit that something you have said or done was wrong: I stand corrected - the date of foundation was 1411, and not 1412 as I had written.Admitting and confessing
(Definition of I stand corrected from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- acknowledge verb
- acknowledgment noun
- admittedly adverb
- avow verb
- avowed adjective
- back down phrasal verb
- climb down phrasal verb
- climbdown noun
- come clean idiom
- concessionary adjective
- confession noun
- deny verb (NOT TRUE)
- eat humble pie idiom
- eat your words idiom
- make a clean breast of it idiom
- own up phrasal verb
- own verb (ADMIT)
- self-confessed adjective
- swallow your words idiom
- take sth back phrasal verb (STATEMENT)
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