stand corrected

Idioms and Phrases

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

If he appeared March 4, then the conversation—well, I stand corrected.

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I stand corrected; I was only imagining what you would have said if you had been there.

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Those who thought that Scott forged his own nonsense, will henceforth stand corrected.

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However, I stand corrected; and we'll speak very respectfully of the lady hereafter.

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They stand corrected by a whisper; a word or a glance reminds them of the great eternal law.

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