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.

Derived terms

• I stand corrected

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 — see also I stand corrected

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 Spanish: permanecer corregido

See also

• touché