| Tirade prepared team leader to accept insult without complaint (3,4) |
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| Face-plant: 2 wds. |
Commuter |
02 Apr 2024 |
| Grovel |
New York Times |
12 Nov 2023 |
| Accept blame humbly |
Universal |
29 Jan 2023 |
| Suffer abject humiliation |
New York Times |
23 Jul 2022 |
| Take a spill on a mountain bike, maybe |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Jun 2022 |
| Grovel |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Aug 2021 |
| Offer a humble retraction |
LA Times Daily |
18 May 2021 |
| Offer a humble retraction |
The Washington Post |
18 May 2021 |
| Fail spectacularly, like a skateboarder |
Jonesin |
13 Oct 2020 |
| Be humiliated |
The New Yorker |
15 Apr 2019 |
| Humbly accept blame |
USA Today |
15 Nov 2018 |
| Humbly accept blame |
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| Humbly accept blame |
The Washington Post |
26 Dec 2017 |
| Humbly accept blame |
LA Times Daily |
26 Dec 2017 |
| Humbly accept blame |
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| Accept an insult humbly |
Premier Sunday |
01 Jan 2017 |
| Swallow one's pride |
LA Times Daily |
09 Dec 2016 |
| Humble oneself |
New York Times |
29 Sep 2016 |
| Humble oneself |
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| Put up with put-downs |
New York Times |
09 May 2015 |
| Put up with put-downs |
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| Humble oneself |
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| "Go to hell" |
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| Abase oneself |
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| Take the blame humbly |
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| Take the blame |
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| Accept blame with shame |
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| Be humbled |
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| Retract a misstatement humbly |
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| Gloater's disparagement |
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| Grovel |
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| Humble oneself |
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| Retract a misstatement humbly |
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| Grovel |
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| Grovel |
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| Accept blame without beefing |
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| Accept blame quietly |
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| Take the blame |
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| Grovel |
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| Humble oneself |
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| Crash into the ground, slangily |
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| Become submissive |
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| Accept blame quietly |
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