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| hum·ble pie |
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pie of animal entrails: formerly, a pie made using the entrails of a newly killed animal, especially a deer
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| [Mid-17th century. Alteration of umble pie<umbles "edible animal entrails," via French dialect nombles< Latin lumbulus "small loin"] |
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eat humble pie to apologize or admit you have been wrong, especially in a way that makes you feel humiliated
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