stand corrected
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English
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Verb
[edit]stand corrected (third-person singular simple present stands corrected, present participle standing corrected, simple past and past participle stood corrected)
- (idiomatic) To acknowledge, after someone else's correction of a statement one made, that this statement was indeed incorrect and that this correction is justified.
- Synonyms: mea culpa, my bad
- Antonym: I rest my case
- The Battle of Hastings was fought in 1055.
- No it wasn’t! Look in the textbook!
- Oh, sorry. I stand corrected—it was fought in 1066.
Translations
[edit]to acknowledge, after someone else's correction of a statement one made, that this statement was indeed incorrect and that this correction is justified
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