I stand corrected
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English
English phrasebook
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Phrase
- I was wrong.
- 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
I was wrong — see also stand corrected
See also
Further reading
- “I stand corrected”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “I stand corrected” (US) / “I stand corrected” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “I stand corrected”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “I stand corrected” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
- “I stand corrected” in Idioms and phrases, TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.