stand corrected

to admit that one has been wrong. I realize that I accused him wrongly. I stand corrected. We appreciate now that our conclusions were wrong. We stand corrected.

stand corrected

Agree that one was wrong, as in I stand corrected-we did go to Finland in 1985. This idiom was first recorded in John Dryden's The Maiden Queen (1668): "I stand corrected, and myself reprove."

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Aureliusz	ow-REL-yuwsh	Polish
Dwain	DWAYN	English
Wickaninnish	wik-ə-NIN-ish (English)	Native American, Nuu-chah-nulth
Anett	AW-net	Hungarian
Helladios	-	Late Greek
Nanook	-	Native American, Inuit