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