stand corrected

English

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Verb

stand corrected (third-person singular simple present stands corrected, present participle standing corrected, simple past and past participle stood corrected)

1. (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

to acknowledge, after someone else's correction of a statement one made, that this statement was indeed incorrect and that this correction is justified

• French: au temps pour moi (fr), autant pour moi (fr), mea culpa (fr), je n’ai rien dit
• German: sich berichtigen müssen, sich eines Besseren belehren lassen müssen, falsch gelegen haben, etwas zurücknehmen müssen
• Hungarian: beismeri/elismeri tévedését/hibáját
• Japanese: 誤りを認める (あやまりをみとめる, ayamari o mitomeru), 間違いを認める (まちがいをみとめる, machigai o mitomeru), 謹んで御訂正を受く (つつしんでごていせいをうく, tsutsushinde goteisei o uku)
• Navajo: kʼééshiʼdisdǫǫdgo sézį́
• Polish: poprawię się

See also

• I tell a lie
• touché