stand corrected
English
Verb
- (idiomatic) To acknowledge someone who corrects something that one says or writes that was not correct.
- 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.
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