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
Madeleine	ma-də-LEN (French), mad-LEN (French), MAD-ə-lin (English), MAD-ə-lien (English)	French, English, Swedish
LinnÉA	lin-NE-ah	Swedish
Charlene	shahr-LEEN, chahr-LEEN	English
Appius	AP-pi-uws (Ancient Roman), AP-ee-əs (English)	Ancient Roman
Jacobs	['dʒeikəbz]
Opaline	O-pə-leen	English (Rare)