# eat humble pie

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To admit one's faults; to make a humiliating apology.

## Etymology
The spoken phrase a numble pie (a pie made from the entrails of a deer) was rebracketed as an umble pie, then written as (a) humble pie, after which the figurative meaning developed.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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