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stand corrected

Idioms

Agree that one was wrong, as in I stand corrected—we did go to Finland in 1985. This idiom was first recorded in John Dryden's The Maiden Queen (1668): “I stand corrected, and myself reprove.”

Example Sentences

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A long "Oh-h-h" burst from the spectators: the stand creaked and shook with their blissful trepidations.

From Summer by Wharton, Edith

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